I was a professor at Princeton University. And, in that capacity, I studied for many years the role of financial crisis in the economy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.
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.
My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.
My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that.
I began my career as an economics professor but became frustrated because the economic theories I taught in the classroom didn't have any meaning in the lives of poor people I saw all around me. I decided to turn away from the textbooks and discover the real-life economics of a poor person's existence.
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.
I'd worked at the World Bank briefly as an undergrad and studied poverty levels around the world - particularly those earning less than $1.25 a day.
I was a great student at a great school, Wharton School of Finance.
I went to the Wharton School of Finance, the toughest place to get into. I was a great student.