What I meant is that some people has the mission of coming up with ideas, suggestions and making research, while others have to take decisions , which, in the uncertain and increasingly complicated world we live in, are based mainly on intuition and determination.
Think of Reagan, criticized mainly on the same grounds that Bush. He wasn't a genius, but had something many Harvard graduates strive for and never achieve: a clear, determined view on reality, and true political courage. Qualities that always define a leader but not a technician. If you are negotiating with the Argentinian president about repaying the debt, I assure you won't start telling him " Well, according to our predictions, Argentina Central Bank should increase interest rates by 2% so demand will contract, notice how these differential equations take extreme values. But I'm not sure if we should have defined # in the formula as employment but relative variations in importations of goods"
It seems to me that many of you are assuming Wolfowitz is illiterate. He may have a good knowledge of Economics, after all.
I almost forget this!!!
Quote:TODAY SENATOR JOE BIDEN, vice chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading Democratic foreign policy voice in that body, voiced strong support for Paul Wolfowitz as President George W. Bush's choice to head the World Bank.
Biden described Wolfowitz, currently deputy secretary of defense, as a man with an "active and fertile mind" who believes in the work of multilateral institutions. Asked for his reaction to the selection, Biden responded with one word: "Solid."
He then elaborated. "Paul is a brilliant guy and a serious person. My differences with Paul relate to his assessment of what we would have to face in Iraq after the war
