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Re: DeLong on Econ Ed
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Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:02:56 -0400
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Who is an "economist?"
Jacob Viner for one.
He coined the definition "Economics is what economists do."
Other definitions of the subject abound.
But Viner's is as good as any.

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