Comments on: Modeling Economics Using Water http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:59:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chelsea http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816/comment-page-1#comment-133505 Chelsea Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816#comment-133505 I wondered why this thing sounded so familiar! Oh, Terry P., how I love him. I wondered why this thing sounded so familiar! Oh, Terry P., how I love him.

]]> By: Brian http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816/comment-page-1#comment-72751 Brian Sat, 10 May 2008 13:13:56 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816#comment-72751 I'll second Christopher's praise of Pratchett as a professor of economics. I still remember a lot of my macro courses, but Terry clarified stuff I'd never really been able to get my head around. :) I’ll second Christopher’s praise of Pratchett as a professor of economics. I still remember a lot of my macro courses, but Terry clarified stuff I’d never really been able to get my head around. :)

]]> By: Terry Smith http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816/comment-page-1#comment-72717 Terry Smith Sat, 10 May 2008 00:52:03 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816#comment-72717 Holy Crap! This is right out of Pratchett! Holy Crap! This is right out of Pratchett!

]]> By: Christopher Palmer http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816/comment-page-1#comment-72661 Christopher Palmer Fri, 09 May 2008 19:59:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14816#comment-72661 A version of this type of economic calculator also figures prominently in "Making Money", the latest Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. BTW, I learned more about economics and banking from reading "Making Money" than I did in two semesters of college economics. Great book. A version of this type of economic calculator also figures prominently in “Making Money”, the latest Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.

BTW, I learned more about economics and banking from reading “Making Money” than I did in two semesters of college economics. Great book.

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