Steve,
Many thanks. I don't have a copy of the Third around, I couldn't
find the quote in the First edition maybe I missed it. Do you have a
page number to the Third?
Richard
At 12:11 PM 9/26/2014, you wrote:
>Yes, it's in his elementary text, at least in my copy of the 3rd
>edition. Steve Marglin
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>I recall with the help of my lecture notes to Paul Samuelson's
>course at MIT in 1965 that he stated "as long as there is a curve or
>hillock in any railroad line or highway in the world there will
>exist an investment project with a finite rate of return." I have
>tried to determine if he ever said something like this in
>print. Any comments or citations would be appreciated.
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