Lester Thurow
Lester Thurow
this must be the worst post in the history of letsrun.com.
Read some Harry G. Frankfurt. I think talks about people like you in one of his most famous essays.
BenjitheHunted wrote:
Murray Rothbard or F.A. Hayek. Most of you have probably never heard of them - educate yourselves.
Why would you say that? "Most of you have probably never heard of them." Does that make you feel smarter? I don't finish stating my PR's with the disclaimer "Most of you probably haven't run that fast."
Anyway, my answer would probably be Paul Krugman...though perhaps I should say Charlie Holt as I wouldn't mind him as a dissertation advisor ;).
Milton & Rose Friedman and friends.
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Lucky-People-Milton-Friedman/dp/0226264157
Burton Malkiel
Milton Friedman
Paul Samuelson (gotta love that textbook)
trackaddict wrote:
this must be the worst post in the history of letsrun.com.
That may be true but can you prove it with a graph?
I have an Economics Degree and I agree with you.
I will submit however the name Ronald Coase and John Beare as two of my favs.
someone mentioned that wejo or rojo has an undergrad degree in economics - sorry but that does not make one an economist, it makes you good at drawing meaningless graphs
i'm not going to get into the 90s growth argument too in depth but just to make a couple of points
- it is still too early to tell whether or not the growth in the 90s was without costs; many economist still think the market is overvalued
- i am a fan of greenspan (i was an economist at the fed in 2000 and 2001) but to attribute the success of the 90s to any individual is erroneous; there were many factors at play including low oil prices, record gains in productivity, the fact that the fed had moved to inflation targeting much earlier (this was done before greenspan), globalization and there are more
- while steven levitt may have written a book many find interesting, i don't think the profession (myself included) thinks of him as a great economist; he had good data and used simple econometrics that just about ANY economist could do - he is certainly not a theorist and he does not address the harder and bigger questions in economics --- but hey if he is your favorite, cool
my phd is actually in finance so if I had to pick a favorite economist it would be robert merton, a close second would be sandy grossman
favorite running economist - paul gompers at hbs has done some quality research and was one hell of a runner
A mechanic, physicist and economist were all trapped on a desert island. Starving for days and in the boiling sun, they finally find a can and argue about how best to open it without destroying the contents.
The physicist explains that by using the appropriate angle he can drop the can in such a way that it will land cracking open but the right side up.
The mechanic retaliates that by levering a rock into the correct angle he can open it with far less risk.
The economist then cuts them both off in the middle of their argument "it's really very simple", to which htye both stop and stare. "How would you open the can then?"
The economist looks at them both as if simpletons "well first you assume a can opener..."
that is one is getting fairly oldit is funny though... however these days most economists got their start in physics
bryn_r wrote:
A mechanic, physicist and economist were all trapped on a desert island. Starving for days and in the boiling sun, they finally find a can and argue about how best to open it without destroying the contents.
The physicist explains that by using the appropriate angle he can drop the can in such a way that it will land cracking open but the right side up.
The mechanic retaliates that by levering a rock into the correct angle he can open it with far less risk.
The economist then cuts them both off in the middle of their argument "it's really very simple", to which htye both stop and stare. "How would you open the can then?"
The economist looks at them both as if simpletons "well first you assume a can opener..."
Friedman
Hayek
Road to Serfdom is an outstanding book.
trackaddict wrote:
this must be the worst post in the history of letsrun.com.
Thats an enormous compliment. You do know that don't you?
Adam Forman, up-and-comer with some great new ideas.
Friedman and Keynes
why on earth would someone love a textbook?
A type of pastry, yes.
A dog, yes.
A girl, yes.
A textbook, no.
I guess i should stop sleeping with it then and you probably don't want to hear about my favorite chapters, right?
thomas sowell and walter e. williams
Seb Coe is the best runner with an economics degree that I can think of. BTW, probably the best-known person to attend the London School of Economics is Mick Jagger.
Douglas North
but what does an economics degree, nothing reallylike i said earlier, take a look at paul gompers at harvard business school... very, very good economist, very, very good runnerhe ran something like 2:12 in the marathon
26mi235 wrote:
Seb Coe is the best runner with an economics degree that I can think of. BTW, probably the best-known person to attend the London School of Economics is Mick Jagger.