Thursday, September 21, 2006

My Role Model

As an undergraduate, I loved Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus (an assignment in a freshman philosophy class taught by Richard Rorty). So I was particularly pleased to read this over at Economic Investigations:
Prof. Mankiw is like Sisyphus, doomed for eternity to point out to people that they—including the state—face trade-offs.
I have finally found my calling.