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Applying Chicago Price Theory In Academia and Government
FromThe Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast
Applying Chicago Price Theory In Academia and Government
FromThe Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Casey Mulligan, Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, joins the podcast to discuss how he got interested in becoming an economist from his days as an undergraduate at Harvard in Martin Feldstein's Ec10 class, being an economics graduate student and professor at the University of Chicago teaching the Chicago Price Theory approach, his experience working in the Trump Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), and the long-term influence of University of Chicago economics figures like Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, and George Stigler.
Released:
Jan 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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