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Economists are always recommending the elimination of this or that market imperfection ... no astrophysicist recommends the elimination of planets that he does not like.

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Lester Thurow
Age: 77 †
Born: 1938
Born: May 7
Died: 2016
Died: March 25
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Lester Carl Thurow
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