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Jason Furman: belief

26 Aug 2020 Conversations with Tyler Jason Furman on Productivity, Competition, and Growth

“Sturm — just the level of rigor he brought to proofs and thinking was something that I learned a huge amount from.”

— Jason Furman

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Jason Furman
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belief
Recorded
26 Aug 2020
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…I will close with a few questions about what I call the Jason Furman production function. Who was your first mentor, ever? Can’t remember that far past high school. But we had a geometry teacher at my high school named Mr. Sturm — just the level of rigor he brought to proofs and thinking was something that I learned a huge amount from. What was special about you in high school intellectually? Obviously, you were smart, but what set you apart? What did you do that was different?…

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