clarity

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sun Aug 9 12:13:56 PDT 1998



>Speaking of clarity, Brad, how about this passage from J. Bradford De Long
>and Lawrence H. Summers, "Equipment Investment and Economic Growth: How
>Strong Is the Nexus," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2 (1992), pp.
>157-211? Though I don't have "training" in economics beyond the undergrad
>level, after years of reading this sort of thing the passage seems quite
>clear to me - and no doubt to you, as its lead author. But how many folks
>unexposed to the literature would find it a model of clarity?

After three years as an editor, I think that Larry and I could (and should) have done a much better job...



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