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9 quotes by Vernon L. Smith

Vernon L. Smith Born (1927-01-01) January 1, 1927 (age 88) Wichita, Kansas Nationality United States Field Behavioral economics School or tradition New classical economics Influences Leontief, Mises Contributions Combinatorial auction Experimental economics Information at IDEAS / RePEc Vernon Lomax Smith (born on January 1, 1927) is professor of economics at Chapman University's Argyros School of Business and Economics and School...
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Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care... →

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In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to... →

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In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called... →

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After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to... →

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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my... →

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Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.

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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the... →

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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.

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I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic truth about markets that was foreign to the... →

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