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HES: QUERY -- origin of "economist"
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[log in to unmask] (Robin Foliet Neill)
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Fri Mar 31 17:18:19 2006
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Recently I came across the adjective "economist" in an essay  
written by Walter Bagehot before 1776.  I was surprised that he did  
not use the term "political economist".  Does anyone know when  
the term "economist" was first used and by whom?    
 
Robin Neill 
University of Prince Edward Island 
 

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