[Pen-l] a long life?

[joel blau <jblau@xxxxxxxxx>]

*IS BEING A FAMOUS ECONOMIST GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?* 
<http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=is_being_a_famous_economist_go>

Commenter Nylund notices 
<http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=evan_bayhs_budget_hypocrisy#comment-6271193> 
that economists are a particularly long-lived species:

   Is it just me or do famous economists seem to live a really long time?

   Friedman (94).
   Mises (92)
   John Kenneth Galbraith (98)
   Hayek (92)
   Leontief (93)

   Except poor Keynes. I think the main reason Keynesian economics took
   a backburner was because so many his opponents simply outlived him.

   But, besides Keynes (or any of the really old school guys like
   Ricardo and Say), its rare to fine a major economist that didn't
   make it well into their 80's.


Paul Samuelson, as I found out today, is in his 90s. Ken Arrow is 87. 
It's impressive. These guys have managed to maximize their utility by 
prolonging their capacity to experience it.

Joel Blau


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