Mankiw's students fight back

There is an ongoing discussion in the blogosphere about Mankiw's NYT column on the effect of increased taxes on his work effort. I've been meaning to say something substantive about it, but for the moment this video by some of his Harvard undergrads must suffice.

Effects of budget cuts at Harvard

Things are going to the dogs at Harvard already! I received this today:

Dear Professor Smith,

We have received your recommendation for [Student]. Should you have any questions, please contact us at $support_e-mail_address.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Faculty Recruiting

Harvard Business School

I deleted the name of the student for privacy reasons but the remainder of the email is untouched. I guess they are not feeling so supportive today.

CAD

That's my acronym for Cambridge Attitudinal Disorder. The Harvard Crimson demonstrates in regard to this year's Nobel Prize.

via: Marginal Revolution

Romergate

The economics gossip world is awash in talk about the decision of Harvard President Drew Faust to nix an offer voted by the economics department to Christina Romer.

Coverage from David Warsh of Economic Principals here. Economic Principals is well worth reading in general though I think he would reject the term blog that the Crimson applies in favor of internet column or something like that.

Coverage from the Harvard Crimson here. You really notice at the end that David Card did not go to Harvard, which I guess is the point of putting the year of graduation after the names of those who did.

As far as I can recall I have never met either Chrsitina Romer or her husband David Romer but Christina was the speaker at one of the more memorable applications workshops I attended as a student.

Hat tip (on the Crimson piece) to marginal revolution.