Your next question, Sam. "How do you know that Jacob Viner was an economist?" By the way, as I recall, there is some dispute about whether Viner said this. I wrote something about this on this list a couple of months ago, as I recall. Do a search on "what economists do." On 4/12/2011 11:45 AM, Samuel Bostaph wrote: > 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. > -- Pat Gunning Professor of Economics Melbourne, Florida http://www.nomadpress.com/gunning/welcome.htm