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Re: Re: KRUGMAN WATCH: foreign take-overs & foreign aid


Michael Perelman wrote:

> Jim Devine is wrong!!!
>
> Yogi Berra is a wonderful philosopher.  How about his: ""You can observe a lot
> just by watchin'."

Yes, but that hasn't been copied so many times as deja etc. I agree with Jim on
that. And the observation comment isn't necessarily redundant. It is possible to
watch without observing, so Berra could be considered to have made a positive
(i.e., debatable) assertion.

Carrol
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