Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-24 Thread Dan Scanlan
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.

pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Eubulides
Who said it?: Economists don't know much about how different kinds of markets actually work.

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Brian McKenna
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Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Brian McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] W === Nope.

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Bill Lear
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

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economists don't know much about how different kinds of markets actually work. Stiglitz? Bill == Nope.

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Sabri Oncu
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

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Michael Dawson
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.

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Gil Skillman
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

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Eubulides
- 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.

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Devine, James
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 the

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - 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 don't sit

Re: pop quiz Friday

2004-01-23 Thread joanna bujes
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.