Isn't that definition of economics the 'sociological' definition then the follow on would be that anyone who is able to join the conversation is an 'economist' ? Thank you Cameron weber Sent from my iPhone On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:13 AM, Pat Gunning <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >