> KH:
>
> > That being so, I think that economics, rather like sociology, or
politics,
> > or history (with laws buried somewhere, but at a deep level), must
always
> > remain as a 'literary' subject, which is best written about rather than
> > being relied upon.
> Ed Weick:
> Aha! An explanation at last!  When I was in grad school my mentor was a
> rather formidable, well-known Canadian economist.  When reviewing drafts
of
> my thesis, he would look me in the eye and tell me "Weick, you'll never be
> an economist.  Forget it, you're nothing but a journalist."  I tried very
> hard, but I could never seem to satisfy him or figure out what he meant.
I
> think I now know.  He relied on economics, and I just wrote about it.
>
> Ed Weick


Humility, come on Ed that's no fun.

REH

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