re. the Devil's Dictionary

2000-02-09 Thread Neva Goodwin
I can't resist adding to this conversation a poem I wrote when I was an economics graduate student, taking a remarkably content-free macroeconomics course from Larry Kotlikoff. Here it is: The State of Macroeconomics

FW: Business in 2005

2000-02-09 Thread Bob McDaniel
... by 2005 consumers globally will have embraced Internet commerce. The virtual commercial "communes" that we see people being members of will support and provide recomendations of trustworthy sellers. The large number of disparate communities will be based around a common interest or value s

Re: "Usury is a red herring," Date: 02/06/2000 7:11:48 PM EST

2000-02-09 Thread WesBurt
Hi folks, The above four mail lists distributed my latest and subject post with the body of the message in a code which only Chris Basten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> could read. He responded as follows: > Begin Chris Basten's note < Subj:Re: [auspolitics] Usury is a

Re: The Devil's Dictionary

2000-02-09 Thread David N. Wilson
I have used this definition in my lectures for many years: ECONOMETRICS -- the academic's sand castle. David Wilson * David N. Wilson, Ph.D., Professor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Comparative, International and Development Edu

RE: The Devil's Dictionary

2000-02-09 Thread "Cordell, Arthur: #ECOM - COMÉ"
Not exactly on point but might amuse some, ON VIRUSES AND ECONOMICS INTEREST GROUP ECONOMIST VIRUS - Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of the computer. ECONOMETRICIAN VIRUS - Sixty p