In 1941 I finished at Allis... by Vernon L. Smith, an American Economist

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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 school.”

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Name: Vernon L. Smith

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jan 1, 1927

Profession: Economist

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

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

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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 oven, of that ancient iron stove.

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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 in the world, and so much to learn and witness.

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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 literature of economics.

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