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...Dartboard and his fellow budding economist arrogantly strode into the nearly-empty Adams House dining hall—only to encounter the horror that is Restricted Hours. Dartboard pleaded with the card-checker to grant Dartboard and Friend passage into the kitchen. “The dining hall is practically empty!” Dartboard whined. Dartboard was rebuffed...
While one senior KSG professor mentioned Princeton economist Alan B. Krueger as a candidate, others said that Krueger’s inexperience as an academic administrator made him an unlikely choice...
Cutler, Ellwood, Feldstein, Katz and Krueger all co-authored papers with Summers, an economist...
...senior KSG professor said that choosing an economist for the deanship could potentially exacerbate tensions between the school’s economists and academics from other disciplines...
...Thailand, business disputes are often settled out of court, sometimes murderously. Economist Chris Baker, who helped conduct a survey for the World Bank, said most Thai businessmen don't trust the legal system, because they believe courts and cops can be bought. "Violence was quite a big option," says Baker. The country has an estimated thousand or so professional gunmen who earn their livings mainly by "solving" business conflicts. Few are ever caught. Shortly after Nopdol's arrest, Thaksin told the press that fingerprint evidence showed that more than one person was involved in Hangthong's death. Instructing police...