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When did you stop being an economist, and how did you come to write this book? Can you say some about the journey from nine 19 92, 30 years ago, exactly, until now. And what part has ekon talk had in that? That's really a, it's a really interesting on a, there were dfferent versions of this manuscript where i spent more time and more words talking about that transition. There is a sterility t that i think night and buchanan avoid when they think of us as aspiring creatures. I feel very uneasy saying that, because i do remember how i felt in 19 80 and 19 92. They have emything to say about

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