January 17, 2005
Robert Heilbroner: R.I.P.
Robert Heilbroner, economist and author of The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers has died. Professor Heilbroner was 85 years old, and apparently died of a stroke.
Posted by Steve at January 17, 2005 12:52 PMComments
I'm sure that Heilbroner, R.I.P. can now laugh at his profession - is this what economists really do all day. LOL.
Posted by: TangoMan on January 17, 2005 05:00 PMNo. If you move the dot just right the economists start dancing...(male) economists don't dance...well save when the are drunk (which is why I rarely drink).
Posted by: Steve on January 18, 2005 12:38 PMHeilbroner seemed somewhat pessimistic in his 1974 book INQUIRY INTO THE HUMAN PROSPECT and in the later editions.
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