"“There’s someone in Bangladesh who would almost surely be a better economics professor than I am and is now behind a water buffalo,”
I think about this all the time when I walk through a disadvantaged neighbourhood here in Canada, never mind Bangladesh. So much of my present prosperity is just dumb luck.
'Over the years, he has flambéed no fewer than 11 people as the “stupidest man alive,” '
Dumbest men alive are only a partially-ordered set! Who knew?
"He thinks he might write a history of the economy, full stop. That story might start in 6,000 B.C."
"“There’s someone in Bangladesh who would almost surely be a better economics professor than I am and is now behind a water buffalo,”
I think about this all the time when I walk through a disadvantaged neighbourhood here in Canada, never mind Bangladesh. So much of my present prosperity is just dumb luck.
'Over the years, he has flambéed no fewer than 11 people as the “stupidest man alive,” '
Dumbest men alive are only a partially-ordered set! Who knew?
"He thinks he might write a history of the economy, full stop. That story might start in 6,000 B.C."
Well then, I will pre-order that book.