Saturday, April 30, 2011
I have the impression that, with the bit firmly between his teeth, Meade is thinking of getting rid of a little more inequality than just that.
It has become more and more unfashionable for an economist to advocate a particular vision of the social goods, as Meade does in this little book. One reason is that economists like to think of themselves as detached scientists. Another is that some such visions are best promoted sub rose. I prefer James Meade’s forthright and unreceptive approach. It would be too bad if this style were to disappear. Economics and the world would lose something immensely valuable.
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