Re: [Pen-l] a long life?

[Max Sawicky <maxbsawicky@xxxxxxxxx>]

Time to call in the statistical police.


On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM, joel blau <jblau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> *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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