Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Mick Jagger had considered dropping out of school and going into music. What do you think? Do you think he could have made it? What impact would that have had on the British?
Well "Mick" is a name the tabloids gave him; friends, supporters, and cabinet colleagues call him Michael.American here - not familiar with Jagger but he's got a pretty boss name. How much of an actual contribution has he made in economics?
American here - not familiar with Jagger but he's got a pretty boss name. How much of an actual contribution has he made in economics?
Okay, Britain has done better than my United States with de-industrialization, I’ll admit it.. . . some less capable Chancellor gets the job. Perhaps instead of the "Glorious Summer" economy of the late 1970s, . . .
Would he have got together with Tony Blair and the Invaders? They were a bit heavier than the music Jagger likes though.
If he'd squandered his considerable administrative talent on being a musician, some less capable Chancellor gets the job. Perhaps instead of the "Glorious Summer" economy of the late 1970s, Britain gets a "Winter of Discontent".
I think in the US, he's mostly noted for giving an economics lecture somewhere in northern California, that resulted in a huge brawl in the audience, with one guy waving around a copy of Keynes' General Theory getting roughed up by some campus-security goons.
A rather comedic incident. The funniest part was Jagger trying to calm everyone down with lines like "Take it easy, people. If we're all scholars here etc etc".