To the Editor:
The Tufts Daily article about the talk delivered at Tufts last week by the prominent MIT economist, Alice Amsden, ("NAME OF THE ARTICLE," 2/16), blurs the line between reporting and opinion. The Daily interviewed me after the talk because I was the student who brought Dr. Amsden to campus. When asked why I picked Amsden, I replied that Dr. Amsden was one of the most famous development economists in the area and that she had a new book out that had conclusions about the development process that run counter to conventional wisdom. However, the Daily summarized my remarks as "Amsden's anti-competitive perspective is vastly different from the pro-open-market message taught at Tufts." The article went on to criticize certain departments here on campus that it thinks manifest that statement. The Daily mischaracterized Dr. Amsdens's talk, my comment, and Tufts as a whole.
Kevin Gallagher, Global Development and Environment Institute
