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Thread #125809 Message #2788595
Posted By: Genie
15-Dec-09 - 03:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Obit: Economist Paul Samuelson (Dec 2009)
Subject: BS: bit: Economist Paul Samuelson
I just learned that the noted economist Paul Samuelson (who wrote my Econ. 101 textbook) has just passed on at age 94.
A good long life - productive till pretty much the end. Samuelson, when asked how he felt about "retirement," recently quipped something to the effect that "when I grow up I'll deal with that question."
My main regret is that economists like Samuelson have not found their views holding sway much over the last 40-50 years. Our people and our economy would probably be far better off if they had.