Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Economic Illiteracy on May 19th, 2012
Why I don’t get even more frustrated when folks ignore the economics we teach. The reason is quite clear: at some point economics comes back to bite you in the tookus. It’s not really satisfying either to say “I told you so” largely because that means we’re all poorer than we have to be. Here’s […]
Posted in Education, Flotsam and Jetsam on May 19th, 2012
Sunday is graduation day for undergraduates at the University of Rochester, and it also marks the completion of my fourth year here as well. Thank you to the dozens upon dozens of terrific students who have made the last 4 years a far richer experience than my very own 4 years of college. I promised […]
