----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- > As for Samuelson, he has quoted enough French in > his writings to make me think that he does know it. But, > perhaps he does not know it well enough to consume > an entire book in it. > For a discussion of the implications of Samuelson's systematic inability to read French (e.g. Solow: "[Samuelson's] ability to read French is less than epsilon, where epsilon ...") see my Stabilizing Dynamics (1991) pp. 53-57. E. Roy Weintraub ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]