I thought it was called 'heroic assumptions.' mbs
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Devine, James Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 11:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [PEN-L:35143] RE: Re: Mankiw > >Krugman's NYT column today suggests that Mankiw will have little > >choice but to toe the party line. Doug writes: > Of course! [Mankiw had] better practice his lying if he wants > to keep his job. please, we professional economists don't call it "lying." It's called "creating a model." ------------------------ Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
