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Friday, January 13, 2012

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A letter from econ prof Art Carden to students everywhere.

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Name: Greg Mankiw
Location: United States

I am a professor and chairman of the economics department at Harvard University, where I teach introductory economics (ec 10). I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former students. Teachers and students at other schools, as well as others interested in economic issues, are welcome to use this resource.

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  • My Harvard Website
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  • The Best Way To Learn Economics
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Previous Posts

  • Judging Presidents
  • The Liquidity Trap may soon be over
  • How much are new econ PhDs paid?
  • How to Reduce Traffic Congestion
  • Pigovian taxes save lives
  • A Few Days in the Windy City
  • De Gustibus non est Taxandum
  • The Reincarnation of Keynesian Economics
  • Things I did not say
  • Economics Humor

Advice for Students

  • Advice for Aspiring Economists
  • Where do economists come from?
  • Choosing a Graduate Program
  • Working Before Grad School
  • Advice for Grad Students
  • Advice for New Junior Faculty
  • Which math courses?
  • Why Aspiring Economists Need Math
  • Love Econ, Bad at Math
  • Summer Reading List
  • JD vs PhD: My Story
  • My Life as a Student
  • PhD or not?
  • Education Beyond the Classroom
  • An engineer seeks career advice
  • A Question about Learning Economics
  • Good Academic, Bad Human Being
  • Are B-school economists different?
  • How to Write Well

Principles of Economics

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  • Rap Version
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