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Life Among the Econ: Talking history with Axel Leijonhufvud
Like many economists, I have enjoyed Axel Leijonhufvud’s “Life among the Econ” and nodded appreciatively when he described the social classifications of the Econ as “Grads, Adults and Elders” and chuckled when the young grad tries to impress the elders of the ‘dept’ through adept ‘modl’ building; so when the man himself was holding a glass of champagne and chatting with me at the INET conference, I had to ask how he got that paper started.
@INET Berlin: The Great Divide
Behind all the technical language and the common theme of bashing bankers, there remains the Great Divide between Germans and the rest.
Kids Behind the Wall
On my way back home from the Brandenburger Tor, I recalled that I already have been there, it must have been in 1988.