Positive Externalities

Julian Sanchez | 6.9.2003 2:13 AM

An article in the Times this weekend charts the ascendancy of the economics department at my alma mater, New York University. This is good news because, as a spillover effect, it will increase the market value of econ degrees from one of the few departments that maintains a decent program in Austrian economics.

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Franklin Harris 22 years ago

Too bad the trustees at Auburn U. decided to sabotage our econ. program, making my degree less valuable on the market in retrospect. Still, I see one of my former teachers is doing well as the LSE: http://www.mises.org/classroom/lse.asp

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