Wednesday, September 8, 2010

A Course Load for the Game of Life

From Greg Mankiw's Economic View column in the NY Times at Economic View: A Course Load for the Game of Life

September 4, 2010

A Course Load for the Game of Life

AS a Harvard professor who teaches introductory economics, I have the delightful assignment of greeting about 700 first-year students every fall. And this year, I am sending the first of my own children off to college. Which raises these questions: What should they be learning? And what kind of foundation is needed to understand and be prepared for the modern economy?


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