*IS BEING A FAMOUS ECONOMIST GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?*
<http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=is_being_a_famous_economist_go>
Commenter Nylund notices
<http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=evan_bayhs_budget_hypocrisy#comment-6271193>
that economists are a particularly long-lived species:
Is it just me or do famous economists seem to live a really long time?
Friedman (94).
Mises (92)
John Kenneth Galbraith (98)
Hayek (92)
Leontief (93)
Except poor Keynes. I think the main reason Keynesian economics took
a backburner was because so many his opponents simply outlived him.
But, besides Keynes (or any of the really old school guys like
Ricardo and Say), its rare to fine a major economist that didn't
make it well into their 80's.
Paul Samuelson, as I found out today, is in his 90s. Ken Arrow is 87.
It's impressive. These guys have managed to maximize their utility by
prolonging their capacity to experience it.
Joel Blau
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