Q: How many mainstream economists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Doesn't matter: They all just sit around in the dark waiting for the
Invisible Hand to do it.
They don't screw in lightbulbs. They screw in hot tubs.
Good one
Michael Dawson wrote:
Q: How many mainstream economists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Doesn't matter: They all just sit around in the dark waiting for the
Invisible Hand to do it.
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From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Q: How many mainstream economists does it take to screw in a
> lightbulb?
>
> A: Doesn't matter: They all just sit around in the dark
> waiting for the
> Invisible Hand to do it.
alas, this isn't true. The neo-liberals do
> Q: How many mainstream economists does it take to screw in a
> lightbulb?
>
> A: Doesn't matter: They all just sit around in the dark
> waiting for the
> Invisible Hand to do it.
alas, this isn't true. The neo-liberals don't sit around in the dark. They actively
try to force the world into
- Original Message -
From: "Gil Skillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hmm. I don't remember if he used exactly these words, but Axel
Leijonhufvud (or Axel the Lionheaded, as we affectionately call him) said
something like this in an interview a year or two ago. I kidded him about
it afterwards.
Hmm. I don't remember if he used exactly these words, but Axel
Leijonhufvud (or Axel the Lionheaded, as we affectionately call him) said
something like this in an interview a year or two ago. I kidded him about
it afterwards.
Gil
Who said it?:
"Economists don't know much about how different ki
Q: How many mainstream economists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Doesn't matter: They all just sit around in the dark waiting for the
Invisible Hand to do it.
Ian:
> Who said it?:
>
> "Economists don't know much about how different
> kinds of markets actually work."
Of course, I said it! But I did not know that it got
published.
Has my intellectual property lawyer been sleeping?
Sabri
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>"Economists don't know much about how different kinds of markets actually
>work."
Stiglitz?
Bill
==
Nope.
On Friday, January 23, 2004 at 10:43:49 (-0800) Eubulides writes:
>Who said it?:
>
>"Economists don't know much about how different kinds of markets actually
>work."
Stiglitz?
Bill
- Original Message -
From: "Brian McKenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
W
===
Nope.
W
Who said it?:
"Economists don't know much about how different kinds of markets actually
work."
Let me tell you bout a girl I know,
I met her walking down an uptown street !
She's so fine, I wish she was mine,
I shook up every time we meet...
Talkin bout you (nobody but you baby),
Nobody but you (yes you all the time),
I do mean you (yeah my baby),
Just trying to get a message to you !
Let
- Original Message -
From: "Max B. Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] No Googling quiz
> For extra credit now (an open-ended question): what are activist
> groups/scholars/journal
For extra credit now (an open-ended question): what are activist
groups/scholars/journalists doing to comprehend and contest the "superpower"
influence of these private companies with government-conferred power?
(Hint: 1. the answer is not "nothing" and 2. I don't know the answer. That's
why I'm a
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From: "Tom Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] No Googling quiz
> Ian wrote,
>
> >No. Enron hearings iirc.
>
> That's two out of three. For the (par
Ian wrote,
>No. Enron hearings iirc.
That's two out of three. For the (partial) answer to number three, I'll
defer to NYT columnist, Thomas Friedman's possibly hyperbolic reference:
"There are two superpowers in the world today in my opinion. There’s the
United States and there’s Moody’s Bond Ra
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From: "Tom Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You googled? But you didn't answer 2. and 3.
>
> Ian wrote:
>
> >What, is Lieberman's staff lurking on Pen-L?
>
===
No. Enron hearings iirc.
Ian
You googled? But you didn't answer 2. and 3.
Ian wrote:
>What, is Lieberman's staff lurking on Pen-L?
Tom Walker
604 255 4812
> How about this one:
>
> Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims.
Frederic Bastiat, author of Economic Harmonies, criticised by Karl Marx.
Oops I googled to check if I got it correct. To my great surprise, I as a
naive young socialist was one day accosted in New Zealan
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence
comes
> largely as a result of their government-conferred power."
>
> 1. Who said it?
> 2. What was the circumstances?
> 3. Which private companies was s/h
sounds like Ian.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 08:51:54PM -0700, Tom Walker wrote:
> "They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence comes
> largely as a result of their government-conferred power."
>
> 1. Who said it?
> 2. What was the circumstances?
> 3. Which private companies
"They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence comes
largely as a result of their government-conferred power."
1. Who said it?
2. What was the circumstances?
3. Which private companies was s/he referring to?
NO GOOGLING!
Tom Walker
604 255 4812
I love the English language: I'm assuming you mean "A good quiz from Z Magazine to pass around to the ignorati." Otherwise, some people at Z might be a tad offended.
Troy
Dan Scanlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good quiz to pass around to the ign
Good quiz to pass around to the ignorati from Z Magazine.
-
Iraq War Quiz
by Stephen R. Shalom
1. The anti-war movement supports our troops by urging that they
be brought home immediately so they neither kill nor get killed in a
unjust war. How has the
Iraq War Quiz
1. The anti-war movement supports our troops
by urging that they be brought home immediately so they neither kill nor get
killed in a unjust war. How has the Bush administration shown its support for
our troops?
a. The Republican-controlled House Budget
Committee
At 12/02/03 10:41 -0600, Matthew wrote:
Jim wanted the source. Apparently it was from the Nuremburg trials,
although a very similar statement is in In War. Since you guys think
you are so hot, try this one:
"Now I am prowling through the backyard and I am hiding under the car
and I've gotten out
Virtue by Ani DiFranco
virtue is relative at best there's nothing worse than a sunset when you're driving due west and i'm afraid that my love is gonna come up short there is no there there i guess i'm scared cuz i want to have good news to !
report every time i come up for air now i'm cruisi
Since you guys think
you are so hot, try this one:
"Now I am prowling through the backyard and I am hiding under the car
and I've gotten out of everything I've gotten into so far and I eat when
I am hungry and I travel alone."
Hint, everybody: notice how a lot of the phrase rhymes, sort of l
Verified by VisaHermann Goering
Claim: Hermann Goering proclaimed that although "the people don't want
war," they "can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders."
Status: True.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002]
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it
>no insult taken. I am very upset that I won't be able
>to attend the demo, since I'm flying to New York (on
>a red-eye!) to see my father-in-law inducted into the
>Toy-makers' Hall of Fame (for inventing the
yacket->yak teeth, among other things) and then flying
home >almost immediately.
jee
Title: RE: Today's quiz
no insult taken. I am very upset that I won't be able to attend the demo, since I'm flying to New York (on a red-eye!) to see my father-in-law inducted into the Toy-makers' Hall of Fame (for inventing the yacket-yak teeth, among other things)
Origins: Another
timely quote in the vein of the apocryphal Julius Caesar warning about political leaders who can all too easily send the citizenry marching eagerly off to war by manufacturing crises that purportedly threaten national security and making popular appeals to patriotism. In th
Ian Murray wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "ravi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>it is going around the net. and independently, yes, we guys are really,
>>really smart - which is why we spend our time debating formal logic
>>rather than protesting on the streets! ;-) (running for cover),
>
- Original Message -
From: "ravi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> it is going around the net. and independently, yes, we guys are really,
> really smart - which is why we spend our time debating formal logic
> rather than protesting on the streets! ;-) (running for cover),
>
> --ravi
=
Forstater, Mathew wrote:
> Goering is right. Is it that well-known or is it going around the net?
> Or are you guys really, really smart?
>
it is going around the net. and independently, yes, we guys are really,
really smart - which is why we spend our time debating formal logic
rather than prote
Jim wanted the source. Apparently it was from the Nuremburg trials,
although a very similar statement is in In War. Since you guys think
you are so hot, try this one:
"Now I am prowling through the backyard and I am hiding under the car
and I've gotten out of everything I've gotten into so far an
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34607] RE: Re: Today's quiz
One of the Urban legends sites says it is actually
true.
-Original Message-
From: Devine, James
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
10:43 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [PEN-L:34
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34607] RE: Re: Today's quiz
I really wonder if it's really Goering, since a few years ago there was a spurious (and similar) quote from Hitler floating about. (My copy of THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT, which debunks famous "quotes" is at home.)
--
Goering is right. Is it that well-known or is it going around the net?
Or are you guys really, really smart?
goehring
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0600, Forstater, Mathew wrote:
> Who said:
>
> "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of
> the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to
> drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascis
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34602] Today's quiz
Goering? Goebbels? (BTW, what's the source?)
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> -Original Message-
> From: Forstater, Mathew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:
Who said:
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of
the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to
drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship,
or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the
p
> > From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:57 PM
> > Subject: [PEN-L:25907] Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: pop quiz time
> >
> >
> > > Robinson was a very important studen
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> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:57 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L:25907] Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: pop quiz time
>
>
> > Robinson was a very important student, then colleague, then opponent of
> > Keynes.
> > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 06:45:06PM -0700, Ian Murray wr
Who's Robinson?
Ian
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From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:57 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:25907] Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: pop quiz time
> Robinson was a very important student, then collea
riday, May 10, 2002 6:19 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L:25875] Re: Re: RE: pop quiz time
>
>
> > Presley is also the world's expert on the economics of Dennis
> Robertson.
>
> ===
>
> Who is Dennis Robertson?
>
> Ian
>
--
Michael Perelman
Economics
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:19 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:25875] Re: Re: RE: pop quiz time
> Presley is also the world's expert on the economics of Dennis
Robertson.
==
Presley is also the world's expert on the economics of Dennis Robertson.
Ian Murray wrote:
> Envelope says it's Paul Mills and John R Presley from "Islamic Finance:
> Theory and Practice; St Martins Press, 1999, p. 14.
>
> Mills is/was at HM Treasury UK
> Presley is/was Econ. Prof. Univ. of Loug
Ian writes:
> Envelope says it's Paul Mills and John R Presley
> from "Islamic Finance:Theory and Practice; St Martins
> Press, 1999, p. 14.
Damn. I am wrong again. I thought it was Gene who said that and
was planning to ask him whether that tea he drank was Long Island
Ice Tea.
Best,
Sabri
Envelope says it's Paul Mills and John R Presley from "Islamic Finance:
Theory and Practice; St Martins Press, 1999, p. 14.
Mills is/was at HM Treasury UK
Presley is/was Econ. Prof. Univ. of Loughborough and Chief Economic
Adviser The Saudi British Bank.
As I noted after 9-11 the issue of usury
Hicks?
-Original Message-
From: Ian Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 4:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:25863] pop quiz time
[who said it?]
"...confusion forces practical economists to explain the determination
of
interest by opportunity
sounds like Joan Robinson.
>
>
> [who said it?]
>
> "...confusion forces practical economists to explain the determination of
> interest by opportunity cost reasoning - a particular rate of interest
> being set by the 'pure' rate yielded by the riskless government bonds,
> with inflation, ris
I think I said that one day after drinking eight cups of tea.
Gene
Ian Murray wrote:
> [who said it?]
>
> "...confusion forces practical economists to explain the determination of
> interest by opportunity cost reasoning - a particular rate of interest
> being set by the 'pure' rate yielded by
It sounds like Keynes, except he would have criticized "(neo)classical
economics" rather than "mainstream economists"; the latter phrasing sounds
more recent. For what it's worth, mainstream theory suggests another
possible explanation for positive interest rates besides time (and possibly
ri
[who said it?]
"...confusion forces practical economists to explain the determination of
interest by opportunity cost reasoning - a particular rate of interest
being set by the 'pure' rate yielded by the riskless government bonds,
with inflation, risk, and administrative cost premia added. But th
Pop quiz
by Ian Murray
06 March 2002 18:04 UTC < < <
Thread Index
> > >
who said it:
"Some may admit that the concentration of wealth is
indispensable, but may desire to distinguish between joint-stock
aggregations on the one side and individual fortunes on the
other
in my fevered and phlegm infested state I sent the below to Jim
D. by mistake; answers below
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> > Veblen?
==
William Graham Sumner.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Carrol Cox"
I wouldn't have the foggiest idea who said it, but I'll risk a guess as
to _when_ it was said: between 1915 and 1925.
Carrol
who said it:
"Some may admit that the concentration of wealth is
indispensable, but may desire to distinguish between joint-stock
aggregations on the one side and individual fortunes on the
other. This distinction is a product of the current social
prejudice and is not valid. The predominance of
http://www.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5961,612460,00.html
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From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:20609] RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals
> my guess: Frank Hahn for (1) and Phil Mirowski for (2).
[1] is d)Roger
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From: "Max Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:40 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:20612] RE: RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals
> How do you know Karla Hoff? She's a nearly-new assistant prof
How do you know Karla Hoff? She's a nearly-new assistant prof
at U-Md. Does she have some rep I didn't know about? (I knew
she was a Stiglitz student.)
mbs
> 2)'[T]he evolution of economics as an academic profession is a case of
> lock-in comparable to the peacock's tail. Sets of genes produ
bject: [PEN-L:20584] pop quiz in lieu of finals
>
>
> Who said the following:
>
> 1)"Economic theorists may have to become as much philosophers as
> mathematicians."
>
> a)Frank Hahn
> b)Wassily Leontif
> c)Jack Hirshleifer
> d)Roger Sugden
>
>
>
Who said the following:
1)"Economic theorists may have to become as much philosophers as
mathematicians."
a)Frank Hahn
b)Wassily Leontif
c)Jack Hirshleifer
d)Roger Sugden
2)'[T]he evolution of economics as an academic profession is a case of
lock-in comparable to the peacock's tail. Sets of ge
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From: "Rob Schaap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:10 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:15899] Re: Re: Quiz (No Googling!)
> >
> > Thomas More "Utopia" 1516? Didn't google,
>
> Thomas More "Utopia" 1516? Didn't google, had to reread it the other
> day looking for a different quote so that's my guess...
>
> Ian
Well, I didn't squeeze much sado-glee out of that one. You're too damned
learned, Ian.
More sees with a seer's eye, eh? He has only the foetus o
- Original Message -
From: "Rob Schaap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:00 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:15886] Quiz (No Googling!)
> Question on the differential ownership of the means of production,
the law of
> value and
Question on the differential ownership of the means of production, the law of
value and the logical priority of the level of production over that of distribution:
Author, text and year, please:
"... wheresoever possessions be private, where money beareth all the stroke,
it is hard and almost i
At 09:53 AM 2/8/01 -0600, Ken Hanley wrote:
>You win! The prime minister of Canada. Obviously a relative unknown in other
>countries. Yes he was just visiting Dubya. Dubya probably personally gave
>him his instructions, including support for the new missile defence system..
>:By the way how is it
D]>
Date: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 10:42 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7897] Re: Re: Quiz for pen-l people
>Some of the text below the pic got zapped. John Major is identified, along
>with the Chinese premier and Clinton...it is the guy on Clinton's left or
>the right as we look at Clinton.
care system.And gun registration.
Michael Pugliese
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From: Ken Hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:7910] Re: Re: Re: Quiz for pen-l people
>You win! The prime minister of C
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From: Michael Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:47 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7902] Re: Re: Quiz for pen-l people
> Jean Chretien(sic.)? Wasn't he just visiting Dubya?
> Michael Pugliese
>
> -Original Message-
>
Jean Chretien(sic.)? Wasn't he just visiting Dubya?
Michael Pugliese
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From: Scott Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:18 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7888] Re: Quiz for pen-l people
&g
Looks sort of like a retired Texas oilman.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
p was
unidentified but some Pen-Lers should recognize him!!
CHeers, Ken Hanly
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From: Scott Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7888] Re: Quiz for pen-l people
> John Major, former Br
John Major, former British prime minister.
Scott Cooper
The previous message said:
>Who is the unidentified man on the right of Clinton..:) in the photo
>attached?
> Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
>
>
Who is the unidentified man on the right of Clinton..:) in the photo
attached?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
KHerald.jpg
Carrol:
>These quizzes aren't fair now that it takes only two seconds
>to search them out with google.
google this:
ode to oleo and rodeo
to romeo and solo mojo
old joe blow and slo-mo yoyo
crow cree goatee bony oh no
teepee ouiji tony so-so
ode to marjoram and iron man
also ran flim flam
t
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>Donna Haraway says that we are all "cyborgs."
I say (taking liberties with Susan Buck-Morss and Walter Benjamin) that we
are all sandwich[wo]men. Cyborgs are the fetishized manifestation of our
sandwichedness.
Cyborg ist mort. Viva la smo/rgasbord!
Tom Walker
Sandwic
That's all quoted in Veblen? Anyway, it's from J. S. Mill's _Principles of
Political Economy_, ch. called "Of the Stationary State."
-Original Message-
From: Carrol Cox
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 12/8/00 1:03 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:5906] Re: New Quiz for Kelle
At 01:03 PM 12/8/00 -0600, Carrol Cox wrote:
>J. S. Mill, quoted in Veblen, *Theory of the Leisure Class*
>
>Carrol
>
>These quizzes aren't fair now that it takes only two seconds
>to search them out with google.
hee hee. after a debate was just carried on by way of reading what was
available
Thanks for this, but I seem to recall another where
the inclination of merchants to overtly anti-social
behavior is even more explicit. Maybe I just inflated
this one in my own head.
mbs
Smith, WN I.x.c.27, p. 145 "People of the same trade seldom meet
together, even for merriment and dive
Ok, Kelley. Here's your new quiz. Again, guess the author.
"I confess I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think
that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to
get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on
each other's he
Max,
I think you might be looking for the following.
clipped from full quote below...
Smith, Wealth of Nations, Book 1, Chapter 11, page 54 (full searchable
text of WON is on internet at bibliomania.com
http://www.bibliomania.com/NonFiction/Smith/Wealth/)
"The interest of the dealers, howeve
Matthew takes a nibble at the worm on my hook *grin*:
>Ok, Kelley. Here's your new quiz. Again, guess the author.
ok, Matthew, no more demonstrations of my amazing *hack* research skills
until i know if it's in my self-interest to do so. particularly, since
somebody owes me a $
J. S. Mill, quoted in Veblen, *Theory of the Leisure Class*
Carrol
These quizzes aren't fair now that it takes only two seconds
to search them out with google.
Mat gives a quiz:
>Ok, Kelley. Here's your new quiz. Again, guess the author.
>
>"I confess I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think
>that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to
>get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowi
>J. S. Mill, quoted in Veblen, *Theory of the Leisure Class*
>
>Carrol
>
>These quizzes aren't fair now that it takes only two seconds
>to search them out with google.
Donna Haraway says that we are all "cyborgs."
Yoshie
ch 8 of Book 1 of WoN:
"What are the common wages of labour, depends everywhere upon
the contract usually made between those two parties, whose
interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as
much, the masters to give as little as possible. The former are
disposed to combine in
I don't ordinarily browse through WoN, but
I was looking for a quote I remembered because
I was to debate Steve Moore from the
Cato Institute in front of a hundred or so
right-wing state legislators (ALEC, for the
cognoscenti).
It's the one where Smith says when merchants
get together they will l
Smith, WN I.x.c.27, p. 145 "People of the same trade seldom meet
together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a
conspiracy against the publick, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
It is impossible to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could
be execu
Tom Michl has a paper on Adam Smith's efficiency wage theory in E. J. Nell, J.
Chatha, and R. Blackwell (eds): _Economics as Worldly Philosophy_ (Macmillan).
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 12/7/00 9:43 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:5839] Re: Quiz
Adam
At 12:12 PM 12/8/00 -0500, Max Sawicky wrote:
well, i just don't know why i'm getting ignored for having given the right
answer AND for finding the book and chapter. so, someone else took a guess
at smith. i provided details as to why. i think this counts, too. i want
a new
Aw, Shucks,
Just because I am a westerner.
Paul Phillips
From: "Max Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PEN-L:5859] RE: Re: Quiz
Date sent: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:23:
Sorry. Missed this message.
I realize time zones complicate comparison
of e-mail times.
You win Phillips' washing machine.
mbs
Adam Smith?
At 06:21 PM 12/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Who said it? mbs
>
>
>"Is this improvement in the circumstances of the lower ranks of the people
>to be re
You win the washing machine.
max
Sounds like Adam the Smith, to me.
Paul Phillips,
Larry Summers?
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