Talk:Robert Heilbroner

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does anyone know a source for this passage?[edit]

"Written in 1953, Worldly Philosophers has sold nearly four million copies-—the second-best-selling economics text of all time (the first being Paul Samuelson's Economics, a highly popular university textbook)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.174.140.86 (talk) 13:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

typo[edit]

though I don't currently have the correction the following is most certainly a typo

In 1963, Heilbroner earned a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research, where he was subsequently appointed Norman Thomas Professor of Economics in 1971 and remained for some *fifty* years.

fifteen might be more accurate; I don't know

What's wrong with 50? He died in 2005 as a professor emeritus. That's more than 50 years after he arrived as a grad student, and he was at the very least a TA by the mid-50s. The 1963 date on his Ph.D. is misleading--after all, Worldly Philosophers was published in 1953. Note that the death notice used as a reference to the article makes the 50-year claim.RogerLustig (talk) 16:56, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

-morgan