Something for Nothing: A Novel
"Michael W. Klein's novelSomething for Nothingis a fun romp through the life of a young, aspiring academic as he struggles to find his way in the world. It is often amusing, sometimes edifying, and always entertaining." --N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and author ofPrinciples of Economics(Greg Mankiw)"Klein effectively taps into fears that every researcher must have felt at one time or another about the possible fragility of his or her results, and gives us a window to view how a desperate but otherwise normal everyday person may be tempted to behave unethically. He does so with humor and a heavy dose of irony. Klein perfectly captures the bumbling, bungling, and cluelessness of (at least some) new Economics PhDs beginning their careers." --Nelson C. Mark, Alfred C. DeCrane Jr. Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame(Nelson Mark)"The thrill in this book--as in the economics profession itself--comes from trying to determine what's real and what's satire. Klein expertly combines them by mixing the insights of an academic insider with an appreciation of the human comedy that was almost completely missing from his previous book,Exchange Rate Regimes in the Modern Era." --Yoram Bauman,economist and stand-up comedian(Yoram Bauman)"...[An] amusing take on the academic life..." --Taylor McNeil,Tufts Now"This book is not merely entertaining. It manages to slip in some extremely clear explanations of supply and demand, game theory, marginal costs, and the like, which might well seem fuzzy when presented in more conventional form." --Paul B. Brown,TheNew York Times"He writes smoothly and precisely, with an undercurrent of quiet humor." --Kacie Glenn,The Chronicle of Higher Education