Who said the following?
“The greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.”
Adam Smith. Yes, that Adam Smith. It’s in his most famous book, The Wealth of Nations
But now, says Jerry Boywer, you can learn from the greats without subsidizing the Department of Official Victims, the Fluff Studies Program, or any of the other nonsense that populates higher education today. In some cases, you can learn free of charge through what Boywer calls the “Gales of Creative Instruction.” (That’s an inside joke for students of economics.)
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