^ And actually, from what I’ve heard he hasn’t published anything since he got tenure at Harvard. Not to dump on the guy for that, but it does appear that he was using his position not to better the field of macroeconomics but as a stepping stone for more glamorous jobs . . . It’s too bad too. Apparently his early work was quite impressive. One doesn’t (didn’t used to) get tenure at Harvard for producing schlock.
Chicago’s presidents tend to be pretty influential scholars in their own right.