Opinion of Andre Gunder Frank

[ag]

Actually, had to look up who he was.  He must have been influential in some area of human thought, but not in economics. As an economist, I have nothing to say.

[ag]

Actually, had to look up who he was.  He must have been influential in some area of human thought, but not in economics. As an economist, I have nothing to say.

He was more of an economic historian rather than economist. I just felt that this thread would fit here more than any of the other boards.

I know economic historians.  I might not know that much about the field, but good economic historians are also, as a rule, good economists. As a simple databse search shows, Gunder didn't publish in leading Econ History journals (though his work was sometimes discussed and even reviewed there).  To put it another way, he was a "heterodox" economic historian, whatever that means )

[ag]

Yes, I like him quite a lot, and I teach him in some classes. 

Gosh, you actually teach?!

[ag]

Yes, I like him quite a lot, and I teach him in some classes. 

Gosh, you actually teach?!

I'm not sure what you mean by that.  Could you elaborate?

Sure. It was just a scream of despair on my part. I've seen to much in terms of the product of such teaching (

[ag]

Sure. It was just a scream of despair on my part. I've seen to much in terms of the product of such teaching (

If you think teaching is going to make any substantial difference in the young middle class drone's life, you seem to be a bit out of touch with reality.  Relax.

Oh, I've seen it changing lives.  In fact, I've seen certain kind of teaching destroying lives and brains, turning potentially smart people into idiotic brain wrecks: that's why I screamed.

[ag]

Relax, ag. He teaches college, not primary or high school.

That's exactly where the brains get wrecked