Word: lazonick
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DeLong, meanwhile, says that he took extremely challenging classes in a broad range of fields, spanning everything from econometrics to Straussian philosophy. He also became close to then-Harvard professor William Lazonick, a business historian who now teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell...
...Lazonick ended up advising DeLong, who is now noted for his work in economic history, on his thesis, which examined the industrial revolution through the lens of classical economic theory. Shleifer and DeLong would actually write one paper on a similar topic—the growth of cities before the industrial revolution—which Shleifer credits to DeLong’s interest in and knowledge of history...