Midterms have arrived. While I only have one serious midterm it is Professor Meadow's Commercializing Innovation class - so our team has plenty of work to do in the next week.
Also, New Venture Challenge business plans are due on Monday, so I have some extra work this week.
Finally, some interest in Professor Steven Levitt's new book, Freakonomics, so I thought I'd mention that the Milton Friedman group here at the GSB hosted a lunch lecture with him today. Great talk and some excellent stories! Very funny guy too. :)
Posted by Jeremy Showalter at April 27, 2005 02:40 PMCan you tell us more about the lunch lecture?
Posted by: tood at April 27, 2005 04:32 PMApparently I can't spell my own name....
Posted by: todd at April 27, 2005 04:33 PMtodd,
I've got an article that I'll send you that is very representative of the lecture in terms of content. If it piques your interest, consider the book. ;)
I didn't take notes from the lecture, because lunch lectures are more about enjoyment and getting interested in a topic than note-taking. He also talked a lot about other professors at the GSB and price theory in general, the Chicago style, etc.
One of the profs I had first quarter and the others I hope to have next year!
Posted by: Jeremy Showalter at April 27, 2005 05:06 PMOne of my fave places, the Institute for Humane Studies, has started making some "independent study guides." Economics is the first area that has been published, and includes Chicago-style economics, among others (Austrian, Public Choice, Utilitarian, etc.)
Posted by: todd at April 27, 2005 05:33 PMPardon my naivety, but I am curious about the Chicago style of econ. Jeremy, would you mind posting some introductory links? I did read about Prof. Gary Becker in my econ class a while back about the long-run price sensitivity of demand.
Posted by: sorebrek at April 28, 2005 11:15 AMisn't it the Chicago School of Economics ?
Posted by: poweryogi at April 28, 2005 04:40 PMSure thing...I'll try to get some links posted in a day or two...
Posted by: Jeremy Showalter at April 28, 2005 05:23 PMFor starters...
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040923/levitt.shtml
http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/
Good links from the main Price Theory page.
Posted by: Jeremy Showalter at April 28, 2005 05:25 PM