I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the way up to its head; but it is hard to imagine that anyone would conclude tht giraffes do not have long necks. At least not anyone who had ever been to a zoo
Everything reminds Milton of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper. - Robert Solow
Everything reminds Milton of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper.
- Robert Solow
There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your way - Robert Solow
There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your way
The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for adequate revenue and for jus… - Robert Solow
The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for adequate revenue and for jus…
You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics. - Robert Solow
You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.
The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe. - Robert Solow
The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe.
Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants? - Robert Solow
Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?
But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun. - Robert Solow
But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun.
It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in th… - Robert Solow
It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in th…
The fact that there is no such thing as a perfect anti-sepsis does not mean that one might as well do brain surgery in a sewer. - Robert Solow
The fact that there is no such thing as a perfect anti-sepsis does not mean that one might as well do brain surgery in a sewer.
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