Follow Up on Poterba on Capital Markets

In my most recent blog post, about last night's event at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, I said I'd wanted to ask James Poterba, the President of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a follow-up question, and that I'd let readers know if I heard back from him by email.

Well--I'm getting a somewhat better impression of him; he got right back to me.  Here's my email and his response:

And his response:

So I have a good impression of him for getting back to me so quickly, but I still find it pretty astonishing and disturbing that the financial crisis and recession don't seem to have shaken his market fundamentalism one bit.

—CS