Nine years after former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay donated $1.1 million of Enron stock to fund an economics professorship in his name, the University of Missouri (MU) has finally filled the chair. Though MU hoped to “use the chair to bring in world-renowned economists from other universities,” it eventually settled on giving the position to MU Prof. Joseph Haslag. Ironically, Haslag had joined other professors in protesting the creation of the chair in 2002. (HT: TAPPED)
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