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Clemens says he came across the idea for his economics thesis in a national security seminar inspired by Sept. 11 and taught by Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein. Clemens learned that 40 percent of Afghanistan’s Gross Domestic Product comes from opium production, a figure that prompted his own research into the issue...
When Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 took the helm of Ec 10 in 1984, he immediately eliminated the so-called “radical sections” that taught students Marxism alongside traditional economics...
...Gamble, the problem was one of an inadequate balance to the opinions Feldstein gave in lecture...
...next fall does, indeed, show a vast overhaul of the articles assigned. The greatest change is in the numbers: the total of articles assigned will fall from 93 to 41. Of the original 93, only seven stayed on the reading list, and of the nine articles written by Feldstein, two remain...
...while they express these reservations, the TFs and most students interviewed for this article still stop short of suggesting a far-reaching overhaul of the Harvard institution that Mankiw is now inheriting from Feldstein...