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Bryan Caplan

How The World Works

CHAPTER

Working Before Academia

The speaker shares their experiences working before entering academia, including being a child laborer for a newspaper and doing data entry for a bank. They also discuss their job as a research assistant for Hayek's book. They highlight the low standards in academia and the influence of nepotism in hiring decisions.

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