Reading about the lives of any sort of Renaissance man (or woman) gets me fired up. And when the person is a passionate economist associated with the University of Chicago (during his time on this side of the Atlantic) I get even more excited.
The Library of Economics and Liberty has an excellent bio of Hayek that is worth the read. I am planning to read at least one of his books before starting at the GSB.
Posted by Jeremy Showalter at July 27, 2004 01:22 PMWhat say we put "The Road to Serfdom" on our reading list? Think we could get Silent Omaha to read it with us?
Posted by: Jacob at July 27, 2004 02:51 PMYeah, I think we could get him to read it. He emailed the other day...and even posted here per my request. ;)
I'm heading to B&N tonight with a gift card so I hope to return with it in hand.
Posted by: Jeremy at July 27, 2004 02:56 PMLet me know if you get it. I'll find a way to get a copy myself.
Posted by: Jacob at July 27, 2004 09:43 PMDidn't get it last night. Rain hammpered our attempts to get to BN. I'll try again tonight.
Posted by: Jeremy at July 28, 2004 07:55 AMIt's pretty cheap on Amazon.com and I have been authorized for the expenditure; I just can't bring myself to spend $4 on shipping for a $10 book. So, I'm going to try the used bookstore (since we don't have a real bookstore in town, just a Waldenbooks) and if I have to, I'll stop by BN or Borders the next time I'm in a real city.
Posted by: Jacob at July 28, 2004 12:58 PMYup, you'll either want to wait until you have another $15 in books you want, or pick it up locally.
Posted by: Jeremy at July 28, 2004 02:17 PM