Samuelson died December 13, 2009, at the age of 94
Paul Samuelson, the influential and famous economist died not too long ago. Here is a short video about one meeting I had with Samuelson For more on Samuelson, see this Wikipedia
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Asimov on evidence
One of the things that always amazed me about rational economists is that they don’t update their opinions. In economics there is a very clear way in which all people are supposed to observe new information and based on it update (what…
2008 was a good year for behavioral economics
Before the financial crisis of 2008, it was rather difficult to convince people that we all might have irrational tendencies. For example, after I gave a presentation at a conference, a fellow I’ll call Mr. Logic (a composite of many people I…
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