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“I resolved to major in economics, until I learned that it required an accounting course. I switched to political science, which had no such requirement. (A strange beginning for someone who was later to be a founding father of a business school and a Nobel Laureate in economics.)”
― Models of My Life
― Models of My Life
“We measure our success not only by the quality of teaching and research on our own campus, but by our influence on intellectual and educational trends in the nation and internationally.”
― Models of My Life
― Models of My Life
“The greatest asset of the university has been its capacity for innovation. That capacity, in turn, rests partly on its traditions of small size, weak interdepartmental boundaries, and solid adminstrative support (or at least hunting licenses) for entrepreneurial undertakings.”
― Models of My Life
― Models of My Life
“Inhofe concluded: “This is what a lot of alarmists forget. God is still up there, and He promised to maintain the seasons.”
― Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?
― Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?
“400 million Africans are born-again Christians and the various sects of Christianity are well represented in this small town, from the Church of Wonderful Miracles to the Church of the Best Future, and there is also a large Muslim community. People give around 10% of their meagre incomes to these groups – that’s far more than the government takes in taxation. And it’s made some of Africa’s church leaders multimillionaires with private jets, megachurches, video productions and publishing houses all preying on the desperate.”
― Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made
― Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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