Donya bommer biography
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Author(s): Andrew Leigh
World History
'The secret of economics is that the most powerful insights come from a handful of big ideas that anyone can follow.'
This small book tells a big story. From ancient times to the modern world, The Shortest History of Economics unearths the hidden economic forces behind war, innovation and social transformation. It traces how capitalism and the market struktur emerged, and introduces the key ideas and people who shaped the discipline of economics.
From the emergence of agriculture to the warming of our planet, Andrew Leigh weaves a fascinating narrative punctuated bygd expert insights into key moments in human history. He reveals the radical origins of the game of Monopoly, why the invention of the plough led to gender inequality, how certain diseases shaped the patterns of colonialism, the reasons skyscrapers emerged first in American cities, and much more.
The result is an illuminating, entertaining book about the economic ideas and forces
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Donya Archer Bommer
A native of Southern California, Donya Archer Bommer graduated from USC’s Annenberg School in 1989 with a BA in Broadcast Journalism. Following college, Bommer went on to a successful career in television news as an Emmy-winning anchor and investigative reporter. She traveled the country covering breaking news stories, spending the majority of her career at Fox News in Philadelphia, where she anchored both Fox Morning News and Good Day Philadelphia. A lifelong dancer, Bommer has been on the Board of Directors of New York City Ballet since 2005. She fundraises and produces original live content for New York City Ballet’s development and educational programs, and moderates dance lectures and symposiums for several cultural institutions, including the National Dance Institute and the Guggenheim Museum. She is a former trustee at Trinity School, Ballet Collective and New Yorkers for Children. For the past 15 years, Donya has lived in New York City with her husb
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Caroline Hoxby
American economist
Caroline Minter Hoxby (born 1966) is an American economist whose research focuses on issues in education and public economics. She is currently the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics at Stanford University[2] and program director of the Economics of Education Program for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Hoxby is a John and Lydia Pearce Mitchell University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. She is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
Biography
[edit]Hoxby is a native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, where she attended Shaker Heights High School. Her father, Steven Minter, worked in the U.S. Department of Education during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.[3] In 1988, Hoxby graduated with summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University, where she won a Hoopes Prize. She then attended Magdalen College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship.