Advice from the IHS Faculty Network for Undergraduates

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General Advice 

Pete Boettke: Advice to Undergraduates

Peter Boettke: The Calculation of a Lifetime

Megan McArdle: Student Loan Settlements, Revisited

Daniel Drezner: So You Want to Become an Expert 

Pileus: Ranking Educational Institutions

Greg Mankiw: Education Beyond the Classroom  

Greg Mankiw: Summer Reading List

Economics 

Tyler Cowen: Classical Economics Reading List 

Greg Mankiw: A Question about Learning Economics  

Greg Mankiw: Are B-school economists different?

Greg Mankiw: Advice for Aspiring Economists

Greg Mankiw: Where do Economists Come From?

Greg Mankiw: Choosing a Graduate Program

Greg Mankiw: Advice for Grad Students

Greg Mankiw: Love Econ, Bad at Math

Greg Mankiw: Which Math Courses?

Greg Mankiw: Why Aspiring Economists Need Math

Greg Mankiw: PhD or Not?

Greg Mankiw: An engineer seeks career advice  

Philosophy 

Bryan Caplan: The Labor Market for Philosophers 

Bryan Caplan: A Modest Proposal for Wannabe Humanities Profs  

Law 

Greg Mankiw: JD vs PhD: My Story

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