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anyone I would call an economist has been moved out of the economics department and into history, political science, or sociology. The mathematization of economics has been a disaster because it has greatly narrowed the scope of the field.
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Diggers
― Diggers
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
― Essential Drucker
― Essential Drucker
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