People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies.
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.
The Cowles Commission was the optimal environment for the type of research that I wanted to do.