I’m taking an economic history course focused on Karl Polanyi, especially The Great Transformation. Last class, my professor implied that it was a dense, tough text, so I had myself steeled for an evening of endurance reading. It turns out that Polanyi is a joy - this man has a sense of rhythm. This is [...]
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Economics bloggers have posted a lot of advice for graduate students and young faculty, but not much for undergraduate students interested in economics. I’m something of an undergraduate expert - now heading into year five, I’ve studied at two different universities on two different continents: the University of Toronto and the University of Edinburgh.
This advice [...]
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This is a slide from my macro course. I’m as fond of math as the next eco student, maybe even more so, but it takes a particular sort of mind to use the word “practical” in this context.
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