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Glenn C. Loury, professor of Economics, Afro-American Studies, and Public Policy, and Thomas C. Schelling Littauer Professor of Political Economy, were surprised to learn from students in the first lecture that "Public Policy in Divided Societies" was actually three courses in one.
Littauer Professor of Political Economy Thomas C. Schelling has made his academic reputation for his path-breaking work in games theory. He was one of the early strategists of the nuclear age, and he has studied the effect of arms sales abroad.
But now Schelling is training his analytic guns on an entirely different problem--getting people to quit smoking. With the help of a $658,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation, Schelling this spring founded a new interdisciplinary center at the Kennedy School of Government to study cigarette smoking and to...
Schelling already chaired a smoking behavior study group formed of scholars from the K-School, Med School, and School of Public Health. He also won a $216,000 research grant in January from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.CrimsonJi H. MinARCHIE C. EPPS III
Schelling could not be reached for comment.