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108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom

People I (Mostly) Admire

CHAPTER

The Importance of Thinking Like an Economist

CNN's Jim Boulden talks with economist John MacIntosh. He says he didn't know from an early age that he wanted to be an economist. In 1942, while taking notes on the psychology of personality, he joined the army. "It was much more important to beat Hitler than to take notes in courses"

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