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You couldn't make it up? But you just did. In the 10 years or so of working with Patrick at Liverpool I cannot recall him ever saying that Merseyside workers need to have their wages cut to compete with third world countries. What he was specifically concerned about, along with many others, was the 'unemployment trap' -- the then narrow gap between incomes in and out of work. He considered this a work disincentive -- eroding the motivation on the part of the unemployed to take up a job. He advocated the widening of the gap by reducing the level of benefits. Which of course brought him a lot of stick, especially from the poverty lobby -- including sociologists and social policy academics. Paul Ashton http://www.eastb.freeserve.co.uk/Paul-Ashton/ On 26/09/2015 22:18, Moore, Robert wrote: > Thanks to all who replied - I am now better informed and will pass the info to my Japanese colleague. > Minford took a dim view of government investment in Merseyside, his attitude was, I think, that wages needed to fall until Merseyside workers could compete with third world competitors. Then jobs and investment would flow back into the region. You couldn't make it up .... > > Robert > > > > Professor Robert Moore > School of Sociology and Social Policy > Eleanor Rathbone Building > The University of Liverpool > L69 7ZA > > Telephone and fax: 44 (0) 1352 714456 > ________________________________________ > From: email list for Radical Statistics [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jeff Evans [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 26 September 2015 12:28 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Economics courses > > For intellectual congeniality, one might consider Univ. Manchester, where the staff and students are reputed to be strongly anti-austerity. Of course there will be many other good institutions for her, not just in “high-REF” institutions or in the “Golden triangle”. > > And, of course, “congeniality” has many dimensions, many of which the student herself may have views on. > Jeff > > > > On Friday, 25 September 2015, Moore, Robert <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > I have had an enquiry from a Japanese colleague (a sociologist) whose daughter wishes to study economics in the UK. Can any list members suggest where the daughter might study in an intellectual environment that Radstats members would find congenial? If you prefer to reply off-list please do so. > > Robert > > > > Professor Robert Moore > School of Sociology and Social Policy > Eleanor Rathbone Building > The University of Liverpool > L69 7ZA > > Telephone and fax: 44 (0) 1352 714456 > > > Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 09:00:15 +0100 > Reply-To: John Bibby <[log in to unmask]> > Sender: email list for Radical Statistics <[log in to unmask]> > From: John Bibby <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Economics course > > Congenial? I don't think we should look for congeniality in our colleagues!! A good heady mix of rogues to disagree with is what is needed. > > Yours more than semi-seriously, > > JOHN BIBBY > > ------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 09:49:43 +0100 > Reply-To: Paul Ashton <[log in to unmask]> > Sender: email list for Radical Statistics <[log in to unmask]> > From: Paul Ashton <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Economics courses > To: [log in to unmask] > > In that case, I recommend Cardiff Business School under the tutelage of Prof Patrick Minford -- who Robert knows well... > > Paul Ashton ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************