Henry Calvert Simons
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Sep 14, 2026
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
His message is also that it's dangerous if the public comes to expect that economists can do more, uh, because the public's gonna get disappointed, and then you're gonna start getting, you know, kind of crank, uh, uh, policy recommendations, uh, springing up.
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
Uh, actually, uh, here I'm, I'm gonna invoke a, a saying of, of Henry Simons, who was a University of Chicago professor.
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
Uh, and he...
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
This is something he had on his syllabus.
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
His message is also that it's dangerous if the public comes to expect that economists can do more, uh, because the public's gonna get disappointed, and then you're gonna start getting, you know, kind of crank, uh, uh, policy recommendations, uh, springing up.
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
Uh, actually, uh, here I'm, I'm gonna invoke a, a saying of, of Henry Simons, who was a University of Chicago professor, uh, and he...
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
This is something he had on his syllabus.
Bruce CaldwellGUEST
It's basically Econ 101 syllabus.