A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:35:20 -0700, rusi wrote:
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> > “When I get new information, I change my position. What, sir,
> > do you do with new information?” —John Maynard Keynes

> > “Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a
> > finite world is either a madman or an economist.” —Kenneth Boulding
> 
> I am amused by the juxtaposition of these two signatures --
> considering that Keynes was an economist


So was Kenneth Boulding.


http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/85/kenneth-boulding.html


I dare say that Keynes, and Adam Smith for that matter, would have agreed 
with him.




-- 
Steven