Tuesday, July 04, 2006

... and the pursuit of happiness.

3 Comments:

Blogger Jason W. said...

Very nice way to celebrate the 4th. I actually got to meet Freidman, or uncle Milty as I like to call him. Some intimate little thing at SMU, I think. Things were fuzzy back then. My point is, if anyone's brain should be preserved by nanobots it's that guy's.

July 4, 2006 at 6:42:00 PM PDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, we did get to meet Uncle Milty at an SMU function. Two points I would like like to make about that presentation.

1. The state of our business schools. At any one time, there are ~900 students enrolled in all of the MBA programs at SMU.(full-time, part-time, and executive) Only 4 from the MBA programs showed up to see the father of economic theory (5 if you count Jason)

2. How to P.O. the great Milton. In the Q&A session, I asked Uncle Milty what books or theories influenced his current view of economics. Apparently I inadvertantly insulted the great man, by implying anyone could arrive at his theories by reading the right books. Oh well, important note to self.

July 4, 2006 at 7:16:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Tommy said...

Wow, I didn't know Salma had a father of such prominence. Here's to steak, potatoes, and the contributions of Salma's dad!

July 7, 2006 at 8:50:00 AM PDT  

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