Thank You to Econ Grad Students

When I was informed that the economics graduate students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst had voted by a four to one margin in favor of me being one of their teachers I was more than flattered. It was an affirmation of the fundamental meaningfulness of choices made, paths traversed. For me, it was better than a Nobel Prize for teaching. Thank you (for the vote, as well for asking me to get involved in this process). Even if the $$$ for the joint appointment never materialize (or it gets vetoed somewhere in the food chain, on one or the other side of the Notch), your vote made this moment of uncertainty worthwhile.