The World Bank has named Justin Lin its new chief economist. Dani Rodrik thinks this an inspired choice, which is good enough for me. Lin's wikipedia page says "he received a Master's degree in Marxist political economy from Peking University in 1982, and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986," which is plenty absurd to merit a blog post.
EDUCATION OF A WORLD BANK CHIEF ECONOMIST.
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