I can't begin to comprehend what the loss of Emmanuel Farhi means for the progress of macroeconomics.
I know that it will leave an enormous, impossible hole here at Harvard. Quietly constructive, his feedback in meetings or interventions in seminars were always necessary, ... https://twitter.com/S_Stantcheva/status/1286702057446084610
I know that it will leave an enormous, impossible hole here at Harvard. Quietly constructive, his feedback in meetings or interventions in seminars were always necessary, ... https://twitter.com/S_Stantcheva/status/1286702057446084610
... helpful, and extremely thoughtful.
So often I saw him bring clarity in an instant to a discussion others were confused about -- not aggressively or triumphantly, but simply to move forward our understanding.
He never used his brilliance to dominate a room, ...
So often I saw him bring clarity in an instant to a discussion others were confused about -- not aggressively or triumphantly, but simply to move forward our understanding.
He never used his brilliance to dominate a room, ...
... but instead only to crystallize a concept,to expand the discussion, to bring forth a new idea.
And whoever you were, he would entertain your idea as an equal to his.
It is so hard to find the right words, but I know that our department will be so much poorer without him
And whoever you were, he would entertain your idea as an equal to his.
It is so hard to find the right words, but I know that our department will be so much poorer without him