A Tale of Two Economists or How the Hrie Man Knew the Score

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Everything I know about economics is shaded by the guiding philosophies of my two earliest teachers on the topic. The first was Jackie, our farm's longtime hired man; the second was my first econ professor at the Big U. One was yin; the other yang.

"Economics," the professor solemnly pronounced that first day of class in 1973, "is neither art nor science. It is, instead, the near- perfect marriage of art and science."

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A Tale of Two Economists or How the Hrie Man Knew the Score

The art part, I came to learn later, was taught by the College of Business; the science part by the College of Agriculture. The tweedy biz boys spent entire semesters le...

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