Lety tips us over at the Ambrosini Critique that Greg Clark, the increasingly famous economic historian here at UCDavis, is likely to be appearing on The Colbert Report to promote his highly praised new book Farewell To Alms. I'm pretty sure that her tip is due to inside knowledge. I would *love* to see Clark and Colbert spar. Poll: Who's more likely to say something controversial?
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Crimminie... Clark has lead Colbert to the cliff of racism; I don't think it will take much to get him to jump.
Funny, I think the opposite--that Colbert's likely to put those words in Clark's mouth and not let down. I'm sure others have tried to do the same but Colbert is brilliantly disarming and relentless. Perhaps we can start a betting pool on such matters if it becomes official.
In that spirit, maybe telling us about private conversations at work might not be such a good idea?
Whoa, that's wild that Clark's publisher somehow found you. It's a good thing you're running a reputable blog here. :-)
That's the power of Google for you, Sarah. It's probably as simple as a blog search for the book title or author's name. Given the popularity of the book, there's probably lots of new hits each day.
Good point Gabriel. It's hard to judge what is completely benign and what isn't. I would think he wouldn't mind the (marginal but positive) extra publicity but it's not my place to leak. Better to report on someone else leaking info :) If there's a small positive probability that it isn't desired, I definitely want to avoid it so thanks for the heads up. Thus, I've edited this post and in addition to my most recent one.
For what it's worth, I think the details that were removed were entirely harmless and were actually probably appreciated.
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