Charles Wheelan Quote

I once interviewed Robert Solow, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Economics and a noted baseball enthusiast. I asked if it bothered him that he received less money for winning the Nobel Prize than Roger Clemens, who was pitching for the Red Sox at the time, earned in a single season. No, Solow said. There are a lot of good economists, but there is only one Roger Clemens. That is how economists think.

Charles Wheelan

I once interviewed Robert Solow, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Economics and a noted baseball enthusiast. I asked if it bothered him that he received less money for winning the Nobel Prize than Roger Clemens, who was pitching for the Red Sox at the time, earned in a single season. No, Solow said. There are a lot of good economists, but there is only one Roger Clemens. That is how economists think.

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