My job was to teach the whole corpus of economic theory, but there were two subjects in which I was especially interested, namely, the economics of mass unemployment and international economics.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am aiming my books at anybody with no economics background.
I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with taste and talent for theoretical reasoning and quantitative analysis.
The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion.
I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium.
I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.
As an undergraduate at UBC in Canada, I fell in love with economic theory. It was the right choice for me.
I gravitated to economics because I'm interested in how people coordinate and collaborate with each other. Economics studies all the ways people get along with each other.
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching.
Basic Economics 101. It's the most complicated simple subject there is.
My interest in economics has always been in the whole corpus of economic theory, the interrelationships between the various fields of theory and their relevance for the formulation of economic policy.