The New York Times magazine is running a lengthy feature on NYU’s plans to become one of the elite economics graduate programs by an aggressive recruiting campaign. The president of NYU sees economics as one of the prestige fields that he can use to advance the reputation of the university. I found this article interesting for its insight into how the academic ranking game is played. Mises himself taught at NYU, and NYU was at one point a minor bastion of Austrianism.
