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Russ Roberts: belief

5 Jun 2019 Conversations with Tyler Russ Roberts on Life as an Economics Educator

“Another tough one. That’s a great example of where I think people misunderstand the heterogeneity of the people who make that choice.”

— Russ Roberts

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Russ Roberts
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
5 Jun 2019
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…Dropping out of college — underrated or overrated? Another tough one. That’s a great example of where I think people misunderstand the heterogeneity of the people who make that choice. I normally would say it’s greatly underrated. Dropping out is underrated. Finishing is overrated. I think you and I have both written that . . . I’ll ask you: What’s the ratio of books that you finish relative to the books you start? Well, eventually, it will be all of them, right? My latest book, whatever that is, I haven’t finished.…

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