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Friday, August 05, 2005


MARTIN WEITZMAN VALEDICTORY

“Yet if the trial yielded a positive externality for the professor,” writes the Harvard Crimson, “it is that Weitzman won’t have to pony up in the future — he said that since the story started getting such attention, he has received several offers for free manure.”

Whoa, Weitzman. UD reminds you -- you’re an economist; you should know this -- that there is no such thing as a free lunch.