<p>It’s easy for him to talk about suspending reality for four years, after having written two profitable books, as well as income writing articles like this for the NYT. When you grow up in not-as-favourable economic circumstances, you tend to look at the world from a more economic perspective. And besides, is it really a surprise that the average UChicago student has a good understanding of the utility of economics and appropriately applies it to the world? Isn’t that the point - application of concepts learned to real life scenarios?</p>
<p>His book on Goldwater was great, though.</p>