Isn't that definition of economics the 'sociological' definition then the follow on would be that anyone who is able to join the conversation is an 'economist' ?
Thank you
Cameron weber

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On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:13 AM, Pat Gunning <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Your next question, Sam. "How do you know that Jacob Viner was an economist?"
> 
> By the way, as I recall, there is some dispute about whether Viner said this. I wrote something about this on this list a couple of months ago, as I recall. Do a search on "what economists do."
> 
> On 4/12/2011 11:45 AM, Samuel Bostaph wrote:
>> Who is an "economist?"
>> 
>> Samuel Bostaph, Ph.D.
>> Champaign, Illinois
>> 
>> "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened."--Winston Churchill
>> 
>> --- On *Mon, 4/11/11, Thomas Humphrey /<[log in to unmask]>/* wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>    From: Thomas Humphrey <[log in to unmask]>
>>    Subject: [SHOE] DeLong on Econ Ed
>>    To: [log in to unmask]
>>    Date: Monday, April 11, 2011, 1:12 PM
>> 
>>    Students should be taught economics.
>>    Economics is defined as what economists do (including modeling).
>>    Therefore students should be taught modeling, among other things.
>> 
> 
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> Pat Gunning
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> Melbourne, Florida
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