The Deshi
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Assistant Professor of Economics |
| Location | Claremont, California, United States |
| Introduction | I'm an economist who specializes in behavioral finance and market psychology. I'm the author of Economics for Dummies and the co-author along with Campbell McConnell and Stanley Brue of the best-selling undergraduate economics textbook. I'm also a martial artist and have taught aikido for nearly 15 years. |
| Interests | Economics, Politics, Martial Arts, Dancing, Running. |
| Favorite movies | Gladiator, The Last of the Mohicans, The Princess Bride, Sanjuro, Robin Hood (Errol Flynn version, of course), Revenge of the Pink Panther, A Day at the Races, The Road to Morocco, South Park the Movie, Full Metal Jacket, Abbott and Costello movies, anything with Jackie Chan or Toshiro Mifune or Clint Eastwood (yes, even the orangutang movies!) |
| Favorite music | If you grew up in the 1980's in LA, you'll know what I mean when I say KROQ. Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, OMD, Oingo Boingo...sigh. |
| Favorite books | The Gulag Archipeligo, 1984, Animal Farm, The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kippling, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Au Rebours (Against Nature) by Huysmans, The Ugly American, Livy's histories, Herodotus' Histories, Arrian's History of Alexander, Macaulay's History of England, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a wonderful book called Empire of the Steppes, and another called A Peace to End All Peace. |