The university of florida is on a mission to transform education and continue to develop breaks s that will help grow the nation's economy. Chris paxon, professor, doctor, president, boston fed reserve chair paxon: You can call me chris. Being an economist in this role is really useful, because, you know, what am i trying to do? And trying to build an organization in collaboration with lots of other people. Resource aplocation is everything. The future will be great, but to day is just as incredible.
Enrollment is down for the first time in memory, and critics complain college is too expensive, too elitist, and too politicized. The economist Chris Paxson — who happens to be the president of Brown University — does not agree. (Part 3 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)