My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.