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Twelve hundred miles away in St. Louis, Richard J. Zeckhauser ’62, the Ramsey professor of political economy at the Kennedy School, was celebrating his victory in the North American Bridge Championship—and giving final advice to Krumholz on the economics of terrorism insurance.
At the championship, hosted by the American Contract Bridge League, Zeckhauser was in the mixed pairs contest, and the competition was close.
This was Zeckhauser’s first championship win since 1966, when he won the United States contract bridge pairs championship.
Many bridge championship participants are professional players, but for Zeckhauser, the game remains just that: a game.
“The ideal profession for playing bridge is unemployed,” said Zeckhauser, who claimed that despite his success, he could easily imagine a life without bridge. “It’s a terrific hobby, but if the doctor told me I could never play...