Every economist should be forced to step into a manufacturing facility in Mexico, survey the employees and economic conditions of the city. In fact, spend a season working with blue collar workers to obtain a different point of view outside their statistics.
My favorite professors were the economist that had a background in physical labor prior to obtaining their PhD.
Every economist should be forced to read the final paragraphs of Stolper and Samuelson's "Protection and Real Wages." Not once, but once a year.
Every economist should be forced to step into a manufacturing facility in Mexico, survey the employees and economic conditions of the city. In fact, spend a season working with blue collar workers to obtain a different point of view outside their statistics.
My favorite professors were the economist that had a background in physical labor prior to obtaining their PhD.