Is There Grit in Economics?

"I would say I am about the grittiest golfer who's ever walked the planet," says Steve Levitt. "When I talk to people who love economics more than anything else in the world, I know that in ten years they're still going to be working as hard as they can", he adds. The pair play 72 holes of golf over two days and at the end of those 72 holes both felt like there was so much work to do.