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question on Samuelson's use of statistics
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Harro Maas <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:31:08 +0100
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Dear SHOE-list,

For a paper I am writing I had hoped to use a quote from Samuelson in which
he reflects on his use of time-series data in a sort of exercise to become
data-savvy and to build intuitions on them. He tells he regularly picked a
time-series graph, covered half (or part) of it, and then tries to imagine
how the series will continue. It was something he started doing already at
Harvard. He concludes in a jest that he would surely have lost a fortune in
the Great Crash, because his intuitions on part of the data went the other
way.

I lost where I found this. If there is anyone who can point me to the
source, I would be most obliged. A letter, an interview?

Thanks in advance,

Harro Maas



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