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Professor of Economics David I. Laibson ’88 will lecture on Behavioral Economics in Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics,” Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein has announced...
...lecturers change all the time,” Feldstein concurred in an e-mail...
...Feldstein could not be reached for comment last night...
...proposal called for a new course, which would have been taught by Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin ’59, to replace the first semester of Ec 10. The class is currently taught by Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein...
...cite one example: out of eight articles in the coursepack on Social Security, five are written by Feldstein or present favorable summaries of his position. Two are written by others in support of Feldstein. Of the eight, only one opposes Feldstein’s plan for privatizing social security, and even this article calls for a “balance” between private savings plans and Social Security, not better social insurance. While polls show strong skepticism among policymakers and the public about Social Security privatization, Ec 10 acts as though the debate has already been settled in favor...