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Assume a can opener
"Assume a can opener" is a catchphrase used to mock economists and other professionals who base their conclusions on unrealistic or unlikely assumptions.
==Origin==
It derives from a joke which dates to at least 1970 and possibly originated with British economists.〔Barry Popik: ''(“Assume you have a can opener” (economics joke about opening a food can) ).'' In: ''The Big Apple.'' December 5, 2010〕 The first book mentioning it is likely ''Economics as a Science'' (1970) by Kenneth E. Boulding:〔Kenneth E. Boulding: ''Economics as a Science.'' McGraw-Hill, 1970, p. 101〕
There is a story that has been going around about a physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island with no implements and a can of food. The physicist and the chemist each devised an ingenious mechanism for getting the can open; the economist merely said, "Assume we have a can opener"!
The phrase was popularized in a 1981 book and has become sufficiently well known that many writers on economic topics use it as a catchphrase without further explanation.
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