[PEN-L:29961] Varian quotes Marx

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Varian quotes Marx

New York TIMES/August 29, 2002

When Economics Shifts From Science to Engineering
By HAL R. VARIAN

ECONOMISTS think of themselves as scientists; their primary goal is to understand how the economy works. But scientific knowledge is not their only goal; as a famous economist once remarked, "The point is not to understand the world, but to change it."

(http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/29/business/29SCEN.html?tntemail0)

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