Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Hope in these Unhappy Times
1970s: Gilder took on the women's movement -- he was named "Male Chavinist of the Year" (a label he still wears with pride) by the National Organization for Women.
1980s: With his book Wealth and Poverty, Gilder became the guru of supply side economics (Reganomics, Trickle Down Economics) which led to the ballooning of the federal deficit.
1990s: "[T]housands of subscribers to his newsletter lost their shirts when the telecom bubble imploded, plunging Gilder into near bankruptcy and tarnishing his reputation as a tech-sector Yoda."
2000s: Intelligent design becomes the new Gilder idee fixe.
Two things:
- For Gilder, being wrong means never having to say you're sorry.
- The great designer in the sky has an odd sense of humor, doesn't he?
BTW: If, after you've read the Boston Globe article, you can't figure out who the University of Minnesota biologist referred to in the article is, then you really ought to take a look here.
