[PEN-L:29881] Re: dead economists

[Gil Skillman <gskillman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ellen, here you go:

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are
right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly
understood.  Indeed the world is ruled by little else.  Practical men, who
believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are
usually the slave of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear
voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler
of a few years back.

Defunctionally yours,

Gil




> Anybody have handy the famous Keynes quote about
> dead economists?
>
> Ellen