Samuelson wrote about the problems Tarshis encountered in his "Credo of a  
Lucky Textbook Author," Journal of Economic Perspectives 11(2), Spring  
1997. However, there he does not exactly say that he was fearful in first  
publishing his text in light of Tarshis' experience, although he notes  
that some of the people that had attacked Tarshis later turned against  
him. Rather, Samuelson notes that Tarshis' book was very good, that he  
might not have started to work on his own textbook if he would have known  
of Tarshis' book earlier, and that Tarshis' textbook did not become a  
competitor because of the campaign against Tarshis.  
 
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I recall reading an account by Samuelson that he was very fearful in first  
publishing his text in light of the problems that Tarshis encountered.  
Does anybody have any information about this subject? 
 
Michael Perelman 
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