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[log in to unmask] (E. Roy Weintraub)
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> As for Samuelson, he has quoted enough French in 
> his writings to make me think that he does know it.  But, 
> perhaps he does not know it well enough to consume 
> an entire book in it. 
>  
 
For a discussion of the implications of Samuelson's 
systematic inability to read French (e.g. Solow: 
"[Samuelson's] ability to read French is less than 
epsilon, where epsilon ...") see my Stabilizing  
Dynamics (1991) pp. 53-57.  
 
E. Roy Weintraub 
 
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