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October 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Jeff Smith
Something is amiss with the Bill Evans link, which is about jazz, rather than economics doctoral programs. Or is this some obscure inside joke that I am missing?
October 23, 2010 at 7:53 pm
jeff
Analogy. Watch it again and forget that it’s about music. The first part of the interview is exactly the kind of de-programming that wide-eyed entering PhD students (should) get in their first year courses. (Sometimes endearingly referred to as “brainwashing.”)
October 24, 2010 at 4:06 am
Anonymous
The brain washing also haunts undergraduates. If you know German, read
http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/wissenswert/oekonomie-leben-in-der-scheinwelt;2660444