Greg Mankiw's Blog: JD vs PhD: My StoryA student emails me a question about my offbeat journey through higher education: Prof. Mankiw, Love the blog, I've recently become hooked. I noticed you mention in an earlier post that you spent one and a half years at Harvard Law School before switching to economics and earning your PhD. I guess I'm in a similar situation now.... Anyway, I wanted to ask what ultimately compelled you to pursue ec
