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.