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Richiee

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Who is your favourite economist (preferably famous, well known)?and why.
Mines John Nash.
 

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hahaha, i could be fancy and put down adam smith or the ricardo dude but I like Ross Gittins :D funny man, i love reading his SMH articles!!
 

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ian macfarlane all the way! heaps better than alan greenspan.

john nash is coool! we're learning about the nash equilibrium in uni now.
 
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my fav economist was my economics teacher hahahah
and his fav economist was ross gittens cause we would always have to read his articles in class......
 

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adam smith was a classical liberal economist....can anyone explain what that means?
 

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i think it means he liked to try out new things- was a bit radical... well he did invent the 'invisible hand'

btw ross gittins was my god in high skool
 

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Friedman 4l

Keynes was in the Bloomsbury group - i think that says it all heh..
 

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Originally posted by chinkiboistyle
i like bruce lee...
economist??:confused:

Originally posted by mraverage
btw ross gittins was my god in high skool
i think gittens is the god of eco at most schools, we always used to get his articles too (now our new teacher doesnt teach us anything)
 
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Adam Smith - love the invisible hand

and Keynes is pretty good as well
 

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adam smith, only coz i guessed his name right in the eco competition question
i luv him
thankyou.
 

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