Word: littauer
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...sophomore economics tutorial, “Economic Development: Theory and Empirics from a Macro Perspective,” includes a Wikipedia article on his syllabus, and last semester, students in Psychology 1, “Introduction to Psychology,” were given the task of creating Wikipedia entries. Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy Shaye J.D. Cohen requires his students to read nine Wikipedia entries for his Literature and Arts C-70, “From the Hebrew Bible to Judaism, From the Old Testament to Christianity,” class. “Students know Wikipedia...
Today it’s a decrepit basement with library stacks propping up the ceiling, signs warning of asbestos, and wiring and piping dating back to the 1930s. But in the eyes of Economics Department Chair James H. Stock, the dreary Littauer Library soon could be much more: the site of spacious classrooms and graduate offices as well as a new home for nomadic economics concentrators and their far-flung professors.The dream will have to wait.An upcoming renovation of the Fogg Art Museum has put Stock’s hope for a re-born Littauer Center on hold, possibly...
With all of this interest in the subject, economics has a substantial amount of “market power” to influence the culture and vocabulary of undergraduate life far beyond the halls of Littauer...
...While “Micromotives,” republished this year, is certainly a worthwhile read, it is rather limited in scope. Schelling—the former Littauer professor of political economy at the Kennedy School of Government—clearly explains many forms of collective behavior; however, because he does not directly address the social implications of that behavior, the book is not as interesting as it could have been...
...recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics and a “founding father” of the Kennedy School of Government, Thomas C. Schelling, received a warm homecoming at the Institute of Politics last night at a forum celebrating his achievements. Schelling, the Littauer professor of political economy, emeritus, earned the Nobel for his application of game theory to the economics of conflict and cooperation. Schelling addressed a crowd of approximately 400 students, friends, and faculty, touching on topics ranging from some of Schelling’s ground-breaking theories to their applications in the current conflict over...