Remembering Louis Rukeyser
Depraved Librarian has a dedication to Louis Rukeyser, celebrating his plain-talking presentation of stock market and economic matters, doing for the dismal science what Julia Child did for the kitchen.
Rukeyser recently passed away.
I remember having to watch Rukeyser's Wall Street Week on PBS for a high school economics class. We learned about the stock market, and then had a contest to see who could earn the most on the stock market with a hypothetical pool of money (I sucked).
I'll miss that dry delivery, crooked smile, and campy sense of humor.
Thanks Louis, and thank you PBS for your vision in providing a program of this type years before cable came up with the idea.
On the Web: Rukeyser.com
posted by Schroeder @ 5:45 AM
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2 Comments:
Great post. My husband and I learned so much from this man after watching him every week for - who knows? - twenty plus years. He had a rare talent for making business news and the stock market interesting and accessable. I have missed him the last couple of years during his illness and am saddened by his passing.
Hey there. Yeah -- what a great guy. Thanks for sharing your interest. I think he won a lot of fans over the years.
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