Michael K. Tamada wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Rik Hafer wrote:
>
> > It is with saddness that I inform the list of Paul Heyne's death last week.
> > I knew Paul personally and professionally. My wife Gail(Heyne Hafer) and
> > I were often able to visit and discuss the topics of the day in an informal
> > setting. Regardless of the setting, however, Paul never tolerated sloppy
> > thinking or debate. Doing economics, and doing it correctly, was his
> > passion. This is evident in his well-known text, and to those of us lucky
> > enough to have engaged him in friendly debate. We will miss him.
>
> That is indeed a loss. As a freshman, his "Economic Way of Thinking" was
> a supplementary text in my first econ class, and I have on occasion used
> it in teaching. Still the best book that I have seen for maximizing
> emphasis on, as its title proclaims, the economic way of thinking while
> minimizing the use of math and even graphs. Thus one of the few books
> that a non-student could read and actually learn a lot of useful economcis
> from. And of course useful for econ students too!
>
> --Mike Tamada
> Occidental College
I wanted to say that I have used the book in my preparation of lectures
and found it to be so valuable. It helped the students to understand
economics in the real world setting. So, I, like many of you, am sorry
to hear of Paul Heyne's death; he made a valuable contribution to the
study of economics in the classroom.
Phyllis Wilson
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