Prof. Michael Haines

Prof. Michael Haines (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Banfi Vintners Distinguished Professor of Economics at Colgate and also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research with the Development of the American Economy Program. He is the author of three books and co-editor of A Population History of North America (Cambridge University Press, 2000). He has received several grants from the National Institutes of Health and subcontracts from the National Science Foundation, and served as a consultant to the World Bank.

Do you have any good economics jokes you can share?

An economist is a person who is good with number, but doesn't have the personality to be an accountant.

[Editor's Note: There aren't as many good economist jokes as there are lawyer jokes, but here is a sampling that I found:

Three econometricians went out hunting, and came across a large deer. The first econometrician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left. The second econometrician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right. The third econometrician didn't fire, but shouted in triumph, "We got it! We got it!"

What happens when you put two economists in a room together? You get three opinions.

Economists are people who are too smart for their own good and not smart enough for anyone else's.

Did you know economists have predicted nine out of the last five recessions?]