Move from University of Chicago to UCLA and Raise Your Productivity!

Al Harberger is setting a good example for his UCLA colleagues. He just collected the big bucks in recognition of his important contributions. To my friends who are still at the University of Chicago, keep him in mind. If you move West, you can simultaneously get a better tan and get more work done. You know where to reach me.


LA Times
WESTWOOD

Economics teacher honored

UCLA economics professor Arnold C. Harberger was awarded a $250,000 prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in recognition of his work in aiding market reforms in Latin America and other parts of the developing world, officials said Wednesday.

Harberger, 84, has taught at UCLA since 1984. He will receive the award at a Washington ceremony in June.

The conservative Milwaukee-based foundation says it is devoted to strengthening American democracy and free enterprise. The late Bradley brothers were successful businessmen in electric components and motors.

Harberger, who is also affiliated with the University of Chicago, has worked with the United States Agency for International Development from its inception in 1961. He has helped train economic leaders around the world and has served as the agency's chief economic advisor since 2006. In a telephone interview Wednesday, he said he plans to visit Ghana in June for the agency.

Asked whether he plans to spend his award on any indulgences, the professor said: "Oh my goodness, I don't think I'm going to buy any special things. In these perilous times, it helps to restore the portfolio."

-- Larry Gordon