INQUIRER.net: Harvard Professor apologizes for Keynes comments

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Harvard Professor apologizes for Keynes comments May 4th 2013, 23:49 NEW YORK — Niall Ferguson, a Harvard history professor and author, apologized on Saturday for saying economist John Maynard Keynes was less invested in the future because he was gay and had no children.   The British-born Ferguson said his remarks at an earlier conference were "as stupid as they were insensitive."   During a question-and-answer session after a prepared speech at the Altegris Strategic Investment conference in Carlsbad, California on Thursday, Ferguson was asked to comment about Keynes, an influential 20th century British economist who advocated government spending as a way to make up for lagging demand in an economic downturn.   Fer... Keep on reading: Harvard Professor apologizes for Keynes comments Media files: harvard-apo.jpg (image/jpeg)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions