If you are in North Carolina...

...you can hear me speak on Wednesday of this week. Click here for information.

Econ Theory Summer Camp

Graduate students with an interest in economic theory and/or finance will be interested in this opportunity, run by my colleague Eric Maskin.

A Clue in Today's Jeopardy!

Campbell McConnell

With sadness, I note the passing of economist Campbell McConnell. I never met him, but it is hard not to be impressed. He wrote the first edition his introductory textbook around 1960, and it has been one of the best-sellers ever since. Even today, about 60 years later in its 21st edition, it is the main competitor of my favorite textbook. Here is an old NY Times article about his book, when its main competition was Paul Samuelson's text.