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    Who made the "dismal science" look more fun with a watery computer but more famously gave his name to a graph?

    Question #57474. Asked by gmackematix. (Jun 01 05 5:08 PM)


    lanfranco

    		A.W. "Bill" Phillips, a New Zealand economist, modeled income flow with water in the Phillips Economic Computer in 1949. He is also the eponym for the Phillips Curve.

    I was once engaged to an economist. It was a truly dismal experience.

    http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072875577/student_view0/chapter16/origin_of_the_idea.html

    Jun 01 05, 5:30 PM
    gmackematix

    		Yay Frankie. There is also a chapter on it (with a diagram) on this site:
    http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res12.htm

    Jun 01 05, 6:20 PM
    gmackematix

    		Note how I stopped myself from making comments about husbandry there.

    Jun 01 05, 6:22 PM
    lanfranco

    		Noted. Very polite of you.

    Jun 01 05, 6:30 PM
    Artemis--Fowl

    		Was it Mr. Bar Chart?

    Jun 02 05, 4:03 PM

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