"the study of economics does not seem to require any specialized gifts of an unusually high order. Is it not, intellectually regarded, a very easy subject compared with the higher branches of philosophy or pure science?"
"谈何master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. he must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosophy....."
one of the most important books i read so far. answered so many of my questions. my life wont be complete without it. and the author is so so so brilliantly scholarly.