I Met a Funny Economist..........

[FinanceDude]

Went to a business meeting, and the keynote guy was Brian Wesbury..........man that dude cracked me up, quoting William Bryant Jennings, Carter, Teddy Roosevelt, etc.

Obviously a supply sider, but economist with a sense of humor are few and far between.............

 

[pfpelican]

William Bryant Jennings?

 

[FinanceDude]

William Bryant Jennings?

Sorry, got my words mixed up:


William Jennings Bryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Miss_Lala]

Was it the "cross of gold" bit that he used? I just graduated college with a history degree and I learned about that darn speech more times than I can count!

 

[FinanceDude]

Was it the "cross of gold" bit that he used? I just graduated college with a history degree and I learned about that darn speech more times than I can count!

Yup........."cross of gold"..........

 

[HFWR]

Sorry, got my words mixed up:


William Jennings Bryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was a cunning linguist...

 

[pfpelican]

He was a cunning linguist...

 

[REWahoo]

I thought all economists were "funny"...

 

[FinanceDude]

I thought all economists were "funny"...

They all are a little off the wall..........

 

[maddythebeagle]

He was a cunning linguist...

I thought that was Bryant Gumbel Peter Jennings