Word: parker
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lamented the proliferation of economists who were “good at the blackboard” but did not apply their theories to real situations, a class of thinker that he called “esoteric,” according to his biographer, Kennedy School of Government lecturer Richard Parker...
Galbraith opposed this category to “exoteric” economists, “men like himself who worked outside the University and used it mainly as a place to refuel,” said Parker...
...biggest impact on the world, I think, was to provide a model of a kind of social science that is politically engaged and balanced in its use of textbook science with practical experience,” Parker said. “His initial training was in agricultural economics, which is a very applied economic theory...
...influential economist’s personal qualities were also remembered, with both Parker and Friedman warmly recounting Galbraith’s “marvelous” speaking style, sense of humor...
...everyone. "I forgive them and feel sorry for them," says Dancy First Baptist Church pastor Walter Hawkins of the defendants, echoing the distaste the pastors feel for the bargaining over their sentences. "There is mercy in justice," says Jim Parker, pastor at Ashby Baptist Church. "When you actually see who did it, warehousing criminals is not the answer. If you want to teach a lesson, let them spend the rest of their lives paying back every nickel...