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.