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Monday, July 15, 2002
 
On Economics

I know that I should read more about economics and economic theory than I do. Usually when I read a Megan McArdle rant on the economic policies or justifications of this or that, my eyes begin to glaze over after about two paragraphs. But I made it all the way through this lengthy interview with the 1992 Nobel Prize winner for economics, Gary Becker. It's an interesting discussion on where some of the excitement in economics is today. The discussion of the economics of crime at the beginning is really quite interesting, and it is an area that I had no idea was receiving serious study by economists.

Whoa, that was weird. I started writing this post over two hours ago, but when I went to get the link for Ms. McArdle's site, I started reading down and then followed some links and then read some comments and then ended up over at the Bleat and now finally realized that I was intending to post something.

Well, having completely lost my train of thought, I will just tell you that if you want to read an interesting interview with a Nobel Prize winner on some of the tangents of economics and current study trends, then go read this.