|Peter Boettke|
Please congratulate Nick Snow, who successfully defended his PhD thesis --- Rum Runners, Hooligans, and Politicians: Essays on the Political Economy of Intervention --- this morning. Nick will be joining the faculty at Ohio State come August.
Congratulation Nick! No doubt you'll do great at Ohio!
Posted by: Nicolas Cachanosky | April 26, 2012 at 01:29 PM
Congrats! That's a heck of a committee!
Posted by: Steve Miller | April 26, 2012 at 02:11 PM
Dr. Snow, congratulations!!!
Posted by: Leo | April 26, 2012 at 02:33 PM
Congratulations, Nick.
Posted by: Mario Rizzo | April 26, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Please accept my congratulations and best wishes on the job, Nick.
Richard Ebeling
Posted by: Richard Ebeling | April 26, 2012 at 03:54 PM
Congratulations to Nick, but I'm at a loss to understand what the distinction is between a hooligan and a pol....
Oh, I know, the hooligan doesn't invoke the Keynesian multiplier and national security to justify his depradations.
Posted by: Bill Stepp | April 26, 2012 at 04:32 PM
Congrats. I hope to be joining you soon enough. Any word on placement?
Posted by: Phillip Black | April 26, 2012 at 05:21 PM
The offspring of Rick Moranis gets a PhD.
Congrats!
Posted by: Steve-E | April 27, 2012 at 09:08 AM
Congratulations Nick! Best wishes in your new job!
Posted by: Adrian Ravier | April 27, 2012 at 02:54 PM
You would think serious scholars and those who respect the occasion would wear suits to a dissertation defense. Or at the very least tuck your shirt in and maybe forgo the jeans.
Posted by: Marc | April 28, 2012 at 05:07 AM
Dear Marc,
Formal ceremony is on Thursday May 17, and on that occasion dress will be different. In fact, we will be in graduation gowns, etc.
When I have been on committees in Europe, the defense itself is done in formal graduation gowns, etc. In Latin America, the defense we more like a jury trial. In the US, it is more like a small seminar meeting with the candidate and the committee.
Depends on the academic culture and also on the disciplinary culture.
Posted by: Peter Boettke | April 28, 2012 at 03:05 PM
Adam Smith wore shorts to work.
Posted by: FC | April 29, 2012 at 02:15 AM
Congrats! Ohio State is a great school - they have to be pretty good to let me graduate.
Posted by: Lucas M Engelhardt | May 01, 2012 at 05:11 PM
Love the paper topic!!!!
Posted by: Trent Rock | May 02, 2012 at 05:55 PM