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Chapter 272 Mankiw Visits
Are you green?

Miranda stepped forward to push open the door, and Su Chen followed in. If he was raped, he would blow the head of the man who cheated him.

But I didn't expect that the person sitting in the room was actually Professor Ayler, and there was Ian, and there was another man I didn't know, who looked very young.

Avril Lavigne was talking to them.

It might be that man talking just now, so I didn't hear it for a while.

But the man didn't seem to know him.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the people in the room turned around.

Seeing that Su Chen and Miranda came back, Avril got up hurriedly, walked quickly to Miranda's side, hugged her, and then hugged Su Chen.

"Su, let me introduce you." Professor Ayler said, "This is Gregory Mankiw, a young man as outstanding as you."

Good guy, the master who was plagiarized came to your door?

Su Chen stepped forward quickly, and stretched out his hand to Mankun: "Mr. Mankun, hello, I've heard of you for a long time."

"Hi, Su." Mankiw said with a smile, "I heard that Harvard Business School has published two masterpieces. The author is a mysterious oriental person. come over."

"Please sit down." Su Chen said.

Mankiw took his seat, and Su Chen greeted Professor Eiler and Ian again: "Professor, hello, Ian, good afternoon, buddy, are you here to give me some money?"

"Su, you are an economist now, how can you talk about money casually?" Ian joked with a smile: "Man, this will affect your ability to become an economist. You can't take money so seriously."

"Man, if you say that, I might consider working with you on the next book."

The two joked a bit, and Su Chen turned to Mankun and said, "Mr. Mankun, I've always wanted to visit you before, but because I'm not familiar with you, I was afraid of being rejected, so I kept putting it off."

"Su, it's a good thing you didn't go. If you had, we wouldn't have met."

Mankiw said with a smile: "Whether it is the paper you published or the two books you published, I have read them carefully. I have to say that the ideas of these two books are really in line with what I am thinking at the moment, and you also proposed A lot of novel ideas suddenly gave me some new ideas.

So, I'm asking Professor Eyler and Mr. Ian to come and visit you today, man, you don't know how surprised I was when I heard you were an international student, I think Harvard should give you a diploma, and then Leaving you in Harvard Books. "

"I think so too." Su Chen nodded of course: "But it hasn't been realized yet, right? So I can only wait patiently."

Professor Eiler said: "Actually, I also think that Sue already has the qualifications to become a professor, but there is no rush on this matter. Look guys, we will definitely witness the youngest professor at Harvard."

"Su, with Professor Aile's words, I think you can keep your heart in your stomach." Mankiw said with a smile, then turned to look at Miranda: "Sorry, I haven't said hello to this lady yet."

"Hi, I'm Miranda." Miranda said generously, "Su's girlfriend."

The expression on Mankiw's face froze instantly, and he glanced at Avril again.

Avril Lavigne said: "Mr. Mankiw, you heard correctly just now, I am also Su's girlfriend."

The muscles on Professor Ayler's face twitched, but he didn't speak. After all, raw rice was cooked, and Miranda, a rival in love, didn't have any objections, so what's the point of having an opinion?

He could only curse Su Chen in his heart. He originally thought that this Chinese boy would be as honest as other Chinese, but he didn't expect...

"Wow, Sue, then I have to envy you." Ian laughed: "I understand why you asked me if I would come to share the money. It must be money to support the family."

Mankun shrugged: "A good man will always be surrounded by a good woman, especially a young scholar like Su."

After a pause, he continued, "Su, I have a few questions I want to ask you. Is it convenient for you?"

"Since you have come all the way, I can't say it's inconvenient, can I?" Su Chen stood up and said, "Let's go upstairs, Professor Ayler, Ian, let's go upstairs first."

Ian shook his head: "No need buddy, I have to go back and see how your book is selling, otherwise I'm afraid your next book won't sell to me."

After seeing off Ian, Su Chen went to the study on the second floor with Professor Eller and Mankiw.

Avril Lavigne and Miranda brought coffee and a fruit plate, and said, "Su, Miranda and I will cook together, and we can eat it later."

"Okay." Su Chen nodded: "Our Chinese habit is to entertain friends. Mr. Mankiw and Professor Ayler are here today. You should cook more food."

"OK."

There were only three people left in the study, and Mankiw couldn't wait to speak:

"Su, because I also felt that since the 30s, Keynesianism, which has become the mainstream economic thought, has been seriously questioned, so I also thought that I needed to write something of my own, but before I started writing, I saw what you wrote. Two books."

"After reading your thesis and these two books, I found that you provide a micro-foundation for the Keynesian price stickiness assumption. I feel that this idea is very novel. With the in-depth study of price stickiness, I did find a lot of arguments for price stickiness. point of view of the reasons.

But when you are in China, how did you come up with this theory?Because from what I know about China now, your economy is not the same as the US economy. "

After listening to his words, Su Chen said:
"Dude, maybe you don't know, but I have also participated in gold futures and US dollar stock market transactions. Since I want to trade in this area, I must understand the US economy.

I happen to have a friend who has been going back and forth between Hong Kong and the United States, and he provided a lot of data. "

"Before I started writing, I just assumed based on what my friend said. After I came to the United States, I started a lot of research and found that it was indeed the same as I imagined, so there was menu theory."

"Su, I have to say that you successfully connected classical economics with Keynesianism, laying the foundation for the later neoclassical synthesis to establish a complete macroeconomic system."

Mankiw said earnestly: "At the same time, I have also demonstrated some of the viewpoints you mentioned, and found that some problems are indeed solved ingeniously.

For example, you mentioned bypassing menu costs and offsetting or avoiding macroeconomic fluctuations. Is this view based on the US government or your Chinese? "

"Although I used a large number of examples from the United States to illustrate, I actually don't think it has to represent that country." Su Chen said: "It's just because the development of the United States is better than China, and there are a large number of examples to illustrate."

"So, what about the suboptimal equilibrium theory?" Mankiw continued to ask.

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Facing this giant in economics, Su Chen had to spend almost an hour explaining all the theories and viewpoints of these two books.

These two books are based on Mankiw, but Su Chen puts forward a lot of his own views in them, which will naturally be different from what Mankiw is currently thinking about.

When Avril Lavigne and Miranda finished the meal, Mankiw finally couldn't think of any questions to ask.

"Dude, I can assure you that you can be a professor now." Mankiw said with a smile on his face, "Many of your views made me feel enlightened."

Professor Eyler said: "I think, I can actually retire. If Sue lectures, it will definitely be easier for students to accept."

"Both of you, let's go downstairs and have something to eat first." Su Chen said, "Then we'll continue talking."

The three came down from upstairs, and Mankun suddenly said, "I was in New York yesterday, and I heard that an oriental man shorted gold, Su, what do you think of this?"

(End of this chapter)