Unfortunately, alliance partisans acted as Public Choice economics would predict: They scrambled to save their jobs and careers.
Sandberg met Summers when taking his public sector economics class.
It comes straight out of the school of public-choice economics, which says that the public sector seeks power in the same way that private companies do.
The aim is to attract students who might otherwise have considered graduate study in public policy, economics or other disciplines.
And it might have been more accurate (though duller) to call it applied public-choice economics, rather than to come down with a touch of third-way syndrome (not this, not that, but something quite new and wonderful).
Last month Jennifer Doleac, assistant professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia, published a paper entitled The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime, which suggested that size matters: "larger DNA databases reduce crime rates".
The slim-down programs that work best include financial incentives, such as upfront deposits and cash prizes, says John Cawley, a professor of public policy and economics at Cornell University who is leading a study of 2, 407 employees involved in incentive programs.
But the euro crisis puts the focus on economics and public finances.
The education establishment is a confirmation of the public choice approach to economics for which James Buchanan was recently awarded the Nobel prize.
Boskin and Cogan are, respectively, professors of economics and public policy at Stanford University, where they are both senior fellows at the Hoover Institution.
The 13 youthful participants in the urban agriculture Challenge come from a wide range of different disciplines, including architecture, creative writing, economics and public health.
So, how good are public health experts at economics?
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"If leaders in government, science, economics, public policy, intellectual property and philanthropy can come together, we will maximize the opportunities to develop and implement the creative solutions that will truly make a difference to tackling antimicrobial resistance, " Mr. Brennan said.
The only way out of this crisis is to embrace the politics of public purpose rooted in the economics of Keynes.
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The House of Lords is therefore a revising chamber, and peers - many of whom are experts in a particular field of public policy, such as economics or health - regularly ask the government to re-think important legislation.
The president will make a speech at the London School of Economics entitled 'Of public intellectuals, universities and a democratic crisis'.
The programme aims to send 200 students a year to take a year-long master's degree at Tsinghua - in subjects including public policy, international relations, economics and business, and engineering - from 2016.
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Public policy should be based on sound economics, not on politically popular myths.
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These pockets form around public subjects: politics, law, economics and knowledge professions.
If it experiences fluctuating demand, we may recommend it be housed in a public cloud environment that provides the best economics and required elasticity.
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Between the 8th and 10th of June, more than 800 African and international leaders in economics, politics, and public opinion will get together in Libreville, Gabon for the maiden edition of the New York Forum Africa.
It joins an active and growing discourse around the idea that political economy must be made relevant again and that this should happen not simply in schools of public policy or international relations but inside economics and economic institutions.
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Raised in suburban Long Island, Ruddy earned a master's degree in public policy from the London School of Economics, signed on as a journalist first at the New York Post, then as a national correspondent for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, owned by billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife.
Economics graduate Naoise Nunn recognised a public need to rip up the "cosy consensus" of the status quo and offer Dubliners some robust debate to sink their teeth into.
But Diana Owen, an associate professor of political science and director of American studies at Georgetown University, said the public isn't as concerned about the economics-driven case to overhaul health care.
It was those qualities that drew friends of his to suggest he should stand for office as mayor in his home town of Lloido soon after he had finished studying economics and business at a nearby public university.
The new group includes people involved in public sector delivery, social policy, accountancy and economics.
But if he wants to gain public support he first has to come clean on the economics.
Think of the public-policy benefits of the project, the sound private economics aside.
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