Market Turmoil Humour
Professor Chris Brown in the introductory lecture to his course: “I got a box of mints from the representatives of Merrill Lynch out there on the street, apparently recruiting ‘for positions in Europe’. Has no-one told them that those positions no longer exist?”
Oh, LSE humour. The same professor chose to give a “reverse pep-talk” to people thinking of attending his course. “It’s tough,” he said. “And if English is your second language, you will have a hard time. We engage with nuanced topics where the language matters. You have to be willing to challenge yourself and your opinions, because a statement without reasons backing it up is just ideology.”
Part of me was scared, part going “hell yeah!”