FW: Did you see this?

I had so much fun with this that I had to send it to all the members of the NBER Health Economics Program. I remain your fearless leader. Mike

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Subject: FW: Did you see this?

Everyone,

Most of you know the following story which is highlighted in the second file. In 1972 my late father phoned me about an editorial in a magazine that he received each week. The magazine was called Financial World: America's Investment and Business Weekly. The December 13, 1972 issue had an extremely critical editorial on my NBER monograph The Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation. The thrust of the editorial was that it was foolish to talk about people choosing their level of health. I told him: "Dad, bad publicity is better than no publicity." Forty years later that is the way I feel about the editorial by Peter Zweifel in the European Journal of Health Economics. The pdf file has that document. Here is a piece of advice from someone who is older than almost everyone who is receiving this message: Don't take yourself too seriously. Mike

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From: Björn Lindgren [mailto:Bjorn.Lindgren_at_med.lu.se]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:58 PM
To: Grossman, Michael
Subject: Did you see this?

Mike,

I do not usually read the EJHE, but Kristian sent me this editorial by Peter Zweifel. Did you see it?

I think it is quite unfair especially to you but also to Kristian and me.

Björn

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Från: Kristian Bolin [Kristian.Bolin_at_nek.lu.se]
Skickat: den 10 september 2012 14:50
Till: Björn Lindgren
Ämne: Grossman framework

Hej Björn!

Ta Dig en titt på den här artikeln. Peter Z. tycks anse att det är anmärkningsvärt att "till och med Bolin och Lindgren" har övergivit Demand-for-health models grundläggande antaganden.

Kristian

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