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THIS edition of The Liberal Boutique is dedicated to Prof. Martin S. Feldstein, without whom this column wouldn't be nearly so much...
Core Lite Dept.: A word about The Liberal Boutique's favorite topic--Social Analysis 10. An anonymous Ec 10 section leader tells me that Prof. Martin S. Feldstein, not content to head one of Harvard's largest courses, is out to increase enrollment. "Marty thinks everyone should take it," he said...
...fear not, Feldstein doesn't intend to actually require students to take the course. No, my fellow rationally self-interested actors, that would result in less-than-optimal utility. The T.F. said that Feldstein is seeking suggestions on attracting people to Ec 10 of their own volition--with market incentives, as it were...
...possibility [this promotion] would occurwas known to Professor Feldstein, ProfessorLindsey and me at the beginning of the year," saidElmendorf, who is in the midst of his first yearas an Ec 10 section leader. "Although it wassudden in a sense, it was not unexpected...
...year-old Elmendorf, like Lindsey beforehim, is affiliated with the National Bureau ofEconomic Research. Feldstein serves as thepresident and chief executive officer of theCambridge-based think tank...