I simultaneously love and hate UChicago! What should I do?

motherbear332
Sat, 05 Jul 2014 16:57:19 +0000

OP, I suspect you may find that you have a love/hate relationship with the field of economics, regardless of where you go to school. All of economics is built on some set of idealized assumptions about how he actors will behave–you start with these assumptions and see where they lead. Of course, one can and should also think about the appropriateness of the assumptions, especially when the results are going to be used to influence public policy. But I didn’t quite understand what your problem is with rational expectations that would cause “loathing”. And I doubt that you will be able to completely escape it anywhere.