Professor Eric Rasmusen (Indiana)
ericrasmusen.bsky.social
Professor Eric Rasmusen (Indiana)
@ericrasmusen.bsky.social
Christian, economist, author of Games and Info, Ramseyer co-author, law-and-econ, game theory, conservative, mushroomer, Yale, MIT, Indiana. I like Oxford, GMU, amicus briefs, 7th-grade math, MIT Free Speech Alliance, Substack. Blocked by 294 here.
Reposted by Professor Eric Rasmusen (Indiana)
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I've been at universities since high school and I'd never use "PhD candidate". I thought ABD (all but dissertation) was the standard term.
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
But of course the Fed can reduce the price of imports, as it can all prices, by cutting back on the money supply.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It's back now. I think they had some technical difficulties.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It's re-enabled now. They had some technical difficulties, I think.
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Adultery *is* a sex offense.
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If the divorce is due to adultery, Summers's offense, or to attempted adultery.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What else? Seriously. Is it that he was friends with a pimp? Not relevant to academic life. That he hung out with an economist because she was pretty?
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In that case, Harvard should investigate all the divorced Harvard professors. They all are likely to have engaged in sexual misbehavior.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
She was his mentor. Why do think it is ever appropriate to abuse a position like that, married or not?
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thank you. Not comically. I thought I'd seen something like tht, but wasn't sure enough that I would publish it (I think people should cite evidence, as you did, when they accuse somebody). I'll revise accordingly.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM