Arnon Grunberg's Blog
| Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:18AM | | | | The Next Question | Posted By: Arnon Grunberg
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| | | Bankers are nowadays generally despised. A while ago I ran into a banker who told me that he started lying about his profession to avoid being verbally assaulted.
But other professions provoke a fair amount of contempt as well. When I decided that the main character in my last novel, Tooth and Nail, had to be an economist, I realized that economists are equally disliked.
A Dutch columnist once quipped: “An economist is a person who disagrees with another economist.” He was not entirely wrong.
Recently I was invited to speak at a symposium about economics. Captains of industry were invited along with famous economists, zoologists and a conductor. I was one of the few novelists. I guess that’s what happens when you decide to write a... | | | | | | | |
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