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Stiglitz Weighs in on the PPIP (And It's Not Pretty)

Alas as employees of well endowed universities, neither Joe nor Paul has ever missed a meal! In fact, their salary checks are directly deposited faithfully bi-weekly, their health care is fully paid, they are provided a nicely funded defined pension benefit plan, and their progeny receive gratis educational benefits.

Paraphrasing, they exist in a risk free atmosphere with tenure and write about economic hazards that we mortals engage in daily. Perhaps their analysis is correct but if so, the foundation will be anything other than personal, down and dirty EXPERIENCE. Moreover, an old adage states that if one cannot do “it,” do not become dismayed, just write about or speak out on the issue that both do in abundance!