Doug Allen on How to Apply Economics
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This time on Equilibrium PhD student Shirleen Manzur talks to SFU Economics Professor Doug Allen. Doug is well known on campus not only for his research but also his passionate and engaging teaching style, for which he has won a number of awards. Doug tells us a little about his personal history with economics and gives us his take on how the discipline should--and shouldn't--be applied.
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