Word: shleifer
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Depending on your point of view, 2000 was either a great year or a terrible year for Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer...
Harvard and Shleifer have since settled, and the waters have calmed on the legal front. But this case has been one of simmering controversy that occasionally bubbles over. As such, the settlement may have ended one part of Shleifer’s story, but the whole ordeal might be far from over...
...star began to rise in the 1980s, Shleifer was often mentioned in the same breath as stellar Harvard economist and future University President Lawrence H. Summers. Indeed, the two had met when Shleifer was a Harvard sophomore. According to an Institutional Investor article published in January of this year, rumor has it that he pointed out errors in one of Summers’ papers, and after that, the two became mentor and mentee, invisible hand in invisible hand...
Like star professors? Well, you’ve found the right class. Economics 1030, “Psychology and Economics,” is taught by not one, but two very well-known Harvard professors: David Laibson and Andrei Shleifer. You’ll recognize Laibson, a rising star within University politics and already prominent within the world of economics, from his famous “printers and ink cartridges” Ec10 lecture on hidden costs and the economic irrationality of individuals. Andrei Shleifer, on the other hand, is infamous for his alleged improprieties in dealings with government contracts...
...Shleifer is set to return to Harvard this academic year after a year-long leave of absence. In addition to a class on psychology and economics, he will co-teach a new course entitled “Economics 2470: Law and Economics.” He will also teach “Economics 980a: Political Economics,” according to the FAS course catalog...