Glenn Loury
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So when I finally kind of put myself together and did well at the community college and then got the scholarship at Northwestern and then made the dean's list in my first semester, he was like, okay, this is better. Yeah. They were proud of me. And when I graduated with awards and stuff, I was the prize-winning mathematics major in my class of 1972 at Northwestern.
So when I finally kind of put myself together and did well at the community college and then got the scholarship at Northwestern and then made the dean's list in my first semester, he was like, okay, this is better. Yeah. They were proud of me. And when I graduated with awards and stuff, I was the prize-winning mathematics major in my class of 1972 at Northwestern.
And I got admitted to MIT as a graduate student that very same year. They were over the moon. They loved the idea that I was overcoming the odds.
And I got admitted to MIT as a graduate student that very same year. They were over the moon. They loved the idea that I was overcoming the odds.
And I got admitted to MIT as a graduate student that very same year. They were over the moon. They loved the idea that I was overcoming the odds.
My dad is no longer living. He was a lawyer and accountant. He worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Sorry, Tuck. Spent his life as a federal employee, as a bureaucrat. He worked his way up to being the director of the Kansas City Service Center, which is a huge company. income tax return processing operation in Kansas City. And it suited him. He was a revenuer.
My dad is no longer living. He was a lawyer and accountant. He worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Sorry, Tuck. Spent his life as a federal employee, as a bureaucrat. He worked his way up to being the director of the Kansas City Service Center, which is a huge company. income tax return processing operation in Kansas City. And it suited him. He was a revenuer.
My dad is no longer living. He was a lawyer and accountant. He worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Sorry, Tuck. Spent his life as a federal employee, as a bureaucrat. He worked his way up to being the director of the Kansas City Service Center, which is a huge company. income tax return processing operation in Kansas City. And it suited him. He was a revenuer.
I'm telling you, man, this guy would drive around. He lived in Overland Park, Kansas, which is a tony suburb of Kansas City. And he'd drive around and he'd see a boat sitting in somebody's driveway. And he'd ask himself, I wonder how that guy paid for that boat. And I'm not going to put it past him to go and look up the thing and maybe direct an audit in that direction.
I'm telling you, man, this guy would drive around. He lived in Overland Park, Kansas, which is a tony suburb of Kansas City. And he'd drive around and he'd see a boat sitting in somebody's driveway. And he'd ask himself, I wonder how that guy paid for that boat. And I'm not going to put it past him to go and look up the thing and maybe direct an audit in that direction.
I'm telling you, man, this guy would drive around. He lived in Overland Park, Kansas, which is a tony suburb of Kansas City. And he'd drive around and he'd see a boat sitting in somebody's driveway. And he'd ask himself, I wonder how that guy paid for that boat. And I'm not going to put it past him to go and look up the thing and maybe direct an audit in that direction.
Yeah. He believed in it very religiously. Yeah. What were his politics? He was a moderate Democrat, but not especially political. He was mainly a bureaucrat. I mean, he loved the internal politics of who's getting promoted, what budget is going on, who's the regional director, and how much power has so-and-so got, and what about this or that. You know, he loved calling people on the carpet.
Yeah. He believed in it very religiously. Yeah. What were his politics? He was a moderate Democrat, but not especially political. He was mainly a bureaucrat. I mean, he loved the internal politics of who's getting promoted, what budget is going on, who's the regional director, and how much power has so-and-so got, and what about this or that. You know, he loved calling people on the carpet.
Yeah. He believed in it very religiously. Yeah. What were his politics? He was a moderate Democrat, but not especially political. He was mainly a bureaucrat. I mean, he loved the internal politics of who's getting promoted, what budget is going on, who's the regional director, and how much power has so-and-so got, and what about this or that. You know, he loved calling people on the carpet.
He was a patent lawyer. George C. Scott. Yeah. That was his favorite movie. The scene where Patton slaps the recruit, that was his favorite scene.
He was a patent lawyer. George C. Scott. Yeah. That was his favorite movie. The scene where Patton slaps the recruit, that was his favorite scene.
He was a patent lawyer. George C. Scott. Yeah. That was his favorite movie. The scene where Patton slaps the recruit, that was his favorite scene.
Yeah, something like that. So did you go to MIT? I did go to MIT. I did a PhD in economics at MIT in the 70s.
Yeah, something like that. So did you go to MIT? I did go to MIT. I did a PhD in economics at MIT in the 70s.
Yeah, something like that. So did you go to MIT? I did go to MIT. I did a PhD in economics at MIT in the 70s.