p. 201
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The bond price, and, as an arithmetical and rigid consequence, the interest rate is an inherently restless variable.
— G. L. S. Shackle
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Source: Wikiquote: "G. L. S. Shackle" (Quotes, Epistemics and Economics. (1972): G. L. S. Shackle (1972), ''Epistemics & Economics: A Critique of Economic Doctrines" Cambridge University Press; Reprint 1992)
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About G. L. S. Shackle
George Lennox Sharman Shackle (14 July 1903 – 3 March 1992) was an English economist. He made a practical attempt to challenge classical rational choice theory and has been characterised as a "post-Keynesian," though he is influenced as well by Austrian economics. Much of his work is associated with the Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence.
About G. L. S. Shackle
George Lennox Sharman Shackle (14 July 1903 – 3 March 1992) was an English economist. He made a practical attempt to challenge classical rational choice theory and has been characterised as a "post-Keynesian," though he is influenced as well by Austrian economics. Much of his work is associated with the Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence.
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