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...very early on Arnie called me into his office for some reason, and I had an interview with him. He told me that I was a luxury good and that I didn't do business. I did theoretical economics and it wasn't something that business schools could really support, and he did it in a very obnoxious way that really pissed me off. And I said "---- you, Arnie."
That is David Cass, from William Barnett and Paul Samuelson's new book Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists. Their version of the quotation adds a "f" but not the three further letters.
Mostly this book bored me, but only because I know so much about the subjects already. If you know less about them than I do, but know enough about them that you care, you might find it fascinating.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 11, 2006 at 06:16 AM in Books, Economics | Permalink
Comments
"And I said "---- you, Arnie.""
And it took this long for bounded rationality to become en vogue?
Posted by: Keith at Sep 11, 2006 7:58:02 AM
Who's "Arnie"?
Posted by: dearieme at Sep 11, 2006 8:01:45 AM
Who's "David Cass"?
Posted by: tom s. at Sep 11, 2006 9:06:09 AM
They seem to have priced the book so high that no one will ever buy it.
Economists like Tyler more or less already know how their colleagues
think. Casual readers of MR, Freakonomics, etc. would have be to pretty
motivated to spend this much on another book about economists. Perhaps
potential economics graduate students would be willing to spend this much
money? I'm hoping they'll reissue it as a $10 paperback but I'm not holding
my breath.
Posted by: Peter at Sep 11, 2006 12:02:55 PM
Amazon lists a 30$ paperback right on the page. Still too much if you ask me.
Posted by: Random Econ Student at Sep 11, 2006 12:11:12 PM
Why did you leave out the "f"? Just curious.
Posted by: Phil at Sep 11, 2006 2:42:12 PM
Why did *you* leave out the "fuck"? Just curious.
Posted by: Russell Nelson at Sep 12, 2006 1:21:25 AM
The book will not be available in book stores until late October or early November, since Blackwell is still working on the cover design. Barnes & Nobel is pricing the paperback at $23.96 to nonmembers and $21.56 to members.
For more information about the book (including reviews), see:
http://econ.tepper.cmu.edu/barnett/interviews_book.html
and
http://economistmind.blogspot.com/
Posted by: William A. Barnett at Sep 16, 2006 1:08:28 PM
To: Tyler Cowen
I just provided your post to Blackwell. They say they have not yet sent advance copies to anyone, so you have not even seen the book that "bored" you. Evidently you saw my introduction, which is online and contains David Cass's quotation. You were on the list of economists who were to receive advance copies, but Blackwell has now decided to remove you from that list. If you would like to see the book, I regret to have to inform you that you will have to buy it. You can acquire a copy at a low price from Barnes & Noble, which is selling the paperback at a good price.
Posted by: William A. Barnett at Sep 17, 2006 5:14:12 PM
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