tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439628176985419293.post1034520118094562191..comments2023-11-02T08:28:40.590-04:00Comments on Twenty-Cent Paradigms: What is Wrong With Us?Bill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081319025032071808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439628176985419293.post-8696412820847172902009-07-23T14:10:24.057-04:002009-07-23T14:10:24.057-04:00Indeed. I sometimes tell students "if I real...Indeed. I sometimes tell students "if I really cared about money, I wouldn't have become an economist" which I think makes their heads spin a bit.<br /><br />The fact that many schools - including mine - have their economics departments in the business school doesn't help with the misconceptions.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081319025032071808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439628176985419293.post-7124005082145228832009-07-22T15:13:25.919-04:002009-07-22T15:13:25.919-04:00Regarding the general misunderstanding of what eco...Regarding the general misunderstanding of what economists do and know, my Dad had an uncle who was an economics professor, and he used to say that the most embarrassing question he would get was: "If you're an economics professor, why aren't you rich?" (Pay scales in academia might have something to do with it...)PaulDuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010581336381400530noreply@blogger.com