Well known academics and thinkers

[Manton]

Milton Freidman would have been 95 yesterday.

 

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by Manton

Milton Freidman would have been 95 yesterday.

What about Rose Friedman?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

What about Rose Friedman?

Still alive.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

I also heartily endorse Richard Posner. U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, for whom Posner clerked, famously described him as one of two geniuses he has ever met. (The other individual was Brennan's colleague, Justice William Douglas.)

I would add two law professors from opposing sides of the political spectrum, Cass Sunstein and Richard Epstein. Just don't let them get too close to each other -- they dislike each other for personal reasons.

 

[Manton]

Never met Sunstein, but Epstein is impressive. Very "regular guy" in person.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

Thomas Sowell


...interesting. I just finished Affirmative Action Around the World and Race and Economics is currently third in my reading queue.

 

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

What about Rose Friedman?

Originally Posted by Manton

Still alive.

Yes. I was unclear. I meant as an addition to the list.

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

....and fabricating sources, among other things. The whole "US Army gave smallpox to Indians" urban legend was attributable to him and found completely unproveable. The report from the University about him is lengthy, but incidentally quite informative about Indian Affairs and the (mis)treatment of Native Americans in general.

I'd agree with Posner and add Tim Flannery, John Keegan, Michael Porter, Antonin Scalia, and Al Gore

Tim Flannery? You mean the late 70's early 80's Padre's utility player? This list is getting out of hand.

 

[mister_h0t_d0g]

Francis Fukuyama
Jared Diamond
Michael Parenti
Amartya Sen

 

[edmorel]

Repping for a fellow alum

Antonin Scalia, a thinking man's man.

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Repping for a fellow alum

Antonin Scalia, a thinking man's man.

Did you go to Xavier?

You guys must be smart. I've never heard of half these people....

 

[Brad]

Stephen Hawking
Richard Posner
Frank Easterbrook
Robert Bork

 

[rdawson808]

Brian Greene

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[DNW]

Originally Posted by bkrstic

Francis Fukuyama

Ah, Fukuyama...one of the neocons who repented...

The End of History and The Last Man is still on my rereading list.

 

[dusty]

Terry Eagleton