Re: [Pen-l] Questions on graduate school

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Max Sawicky wrote:
> Re: comparing efficiency of public v private institutions, if you are
> talking about service provision, you don't want a degree in econ or
> finance.  You want to do public administration with Donald Kettl (U of
> P), Gene Bardach (Berkeley), or John Donahue (Kennedy School/Harvard).
>
> I can't speak on finance.

economics _can_ help, though I'd say that most economics graduate
programs won't do so. Most (perhaps the vast majority of) econ. grad
programs these days are (1) totally focused on very abstract
mathematical models; and/or (2) pushing the Gospel of the Invisible
Hand. UT Austin used to be a hotbed of Institutionalism, but I don't
think that's true any more.

Finance seems even less likely, since it's not about public finance;
it's about financial markets.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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