Very good. Samuelson's nephew and a hero of all on the list. Summers, Lawrence H. 1985. "On Economics and Finance." The Journal of Finance, 40: 3. Papers and Proceedings of the Forty-Third Annual Meeting American Finance Association, Dallas, Texas, December 28-30, 1984, pp. 633-35.
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 01:32:45AM +0100, Daniel Davies wrote: > oh hell. the context is a quote explaining that an economist is in > principle interested in the relationship between the price of tomatoes and > the price of ketchup, but a financial economist is the guy who tells you > that a gallon of ketchup sells for the same price as eight pints and thinks > he's told you something useful. But I can't remember who actually said it. > Maybe Samuelson? > > best > dd > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael > Perelman > Sent: 25 October 2006 23:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stan Goff on fascism - 62% South say invade against 34% > North . . .Why? > > > Ok, Melvin & other penners, who said this? > > "Many economists did not see financial economics as central to their > discipline, > viewing it as special relatively unimportant in almost the same way as the > economics > of ketchup, studied in isolation, would be trivial." > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 06:14:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > But I think I can handle the economics of ketchup. > > > > > > Melvin P. > > > > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
