An American Economist Of Two Generations Ago, H. J. Davenport, Who Was The Best Friend Thorstein Veblen Ever Had (veblen Actually Lived For A Time In Davenport's Coal Cellar) Once Said: "there Is No Reason Why Theoretical Economics Should Be A Monopoly Of The Reactionaries." All My Life I Have Tried To Take This Warning To Heart, And I Dare Call It To Your Favorable Attention.

-Paul Samuelson

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An American Economist Of Two Generations Ago,

Paul Samuelson

An American Economist Of Two Generations Ago, H. J. Davenport, Who Was The Best Friend Thorstein Veblen Ever Had (veblen Actually Lived For A Time In Davenport's Coal Cellar) Once Said: "there Is No Reason Why Theoretical Economics Should Be A Monopoly Of The Reactionaries." All My Life I Have Tried To Take This Warning To Heart, And I Dare Call It To Your Favorable Attention.

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Suppose It Was Demonstrated That One Out Of Twenty Alcoholics Could Learn To Become A Moderate Social Drinker. The Experienced Clinician Would Answer, 'even If True, Act As If It Were False, For You Will Never Identify That One In Twenty, And In The Attempt Five In Twenty Will Be Ruined.' Investors Should Forsake The Search For Such Tiny Needles In Huge Haystacks.

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