Quick Thoughts on Academics
"...in the academic world the theories that are most likely to attract a devoted following are those that best allow a clever but not very original young man to demonstrate his cleverness."
-Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity
"It’s a complicated story in detail, because the ideas involved are subtle, wrong, or both. If they’re subtle, we need to spend a while understanding them; if they aren’t we need to spend a while understanding why they’re wrong."
Word.
*Image courtesy of 4chan
-Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity
"It’s a complicated story in detail, because the ideas involved are subtle, wrong, or both. If they’re subtle, we need to spend a while understanding them; if they aren’t we need to spend a while understanding why they’re wrong."
Word.
*Image courtesy of 4chan