Re: [Pen-l] a long life?

[mckenna193@xxxxxxx]

Karl Marx died at 65.


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From: Perelman, Michael <MPerelman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Lloyd Mints is over 100.

Michael Perelman
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[mailto:pen-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of joel blau
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:11 AM
To: Progressive Economics
Subject: [Pen-l] a long life?

*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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