[PEN-L:29968] Re: Re: Re: Varian quotes Marx

[Ben Day <day@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, but who cares about accuracy when dealing, from the perspective of
economic theory, with a "minor post-Ricardian" - and Ricardo himself, of
course, "the most overrated of economists" (to quote a certain nameless
someone delivering the presidential address of the AEA back in the '60s).

----Ben

At 09:32 AM 8/29/2002 -0700, Michael Perelman wrote:
> What is amazing is that most economists are certain that Marx laid out a
> blueprint for socialism.  So Varian's comment would not appear as ignorant
> at a meeting of the American Economic Association.