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“Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject, ethics, logic, philosophy, the humanities and sociology, in fact everything that is part of how we live and react to one another.”

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Bernard Baruch was a distinguished financier, born on August 19, 1870, and died on June 20, 1965. He is renowned for his remarkable achievements in Wall Street and his profound influence on public policy. more

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