Today's priceless HistEcon quote: "Children, esp. sons, are useless as labor for the first 15 years and only cost the family money without bringing anything in."
You know, perhaps someone should start the equivalent of the Bulwer-Lytton Worst First Line of a Novel Contest, for Least True Lines Spoken by a Professor. . .
May I just say, that for pure entertainment, your quotes are fantastic. I think my poor room mates must think I'm stark raving mad, though, for all the laughing I do because of them. Not just the nike's though, don't forget almost everything he wears, writes with, writes on, and everything is factory produced that he comes in contact wtih everyday. There is a law int he U.S against child labor, but as long as the company sub-contracts (outsorcing is a good example of this) it is very likely to have had some type of child labor involved if you are going by the 18 and under American standard, though in lots of contries it is 12 and under. This guy is just plain funny.
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