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‘You know, Ernest, the rich are different from you and me’: a comment on Clark's A Farewell to Alms

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The American novelist Scott Fitzgerald is supposed to have said once to Ernest Hemingway, ‘You know, the rich are different from you and me.’ Hemingway replied, ‘Yes. They've got more money.’ Gregory Clark is of the Fitzgerald school. Most economic historians, among them his critics, follow Hemingway instead.

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  • Mccloskey, Deirdre N., 2008. "‘You know, Ernest, the rich are different from you and me’: a comment on Clark's A Farewell to Alms," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(2), pages 138-148, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ereveh:v:12:y:2008:i:02:p:138-148_00
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