At 10:19 PM -0600 on 3/9/03, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:
> By the way, one piece of evidence that economics is maturing into a real > science is that it is becoming usable by "engineers"; Well, finance, anyway, where it is possible to calculate some risk. You can't calculate prices, though. You discover them. Most "economics" is still about top-down design these days, and, as such, is hogwash. Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
