So the husband wrote a
post yesterday about sitting down at a law library table only to find some other scholar had left behind a Milton Friedman text. My response was something to the extent of, well, yeah. Duh. You're at the University of Chicago. He, on the other hand, thought it was a rather funny observation about how stereotypes are true.
And it wasn't until THIS MORNING that it occurred to me that I, a University of Chicago alum myself, not only didn't question that the book was there... but I also know Milton Friedman's basic economic perspective, and why he's adored at the University of Chicago (although I don't claim to be an expert by any stretch, especially given that I know people who adore his theories so much they founded a Milton Friedman Society while we were in business school), and a fair amount about alternative economic theses as well.
Whereas I suspect that quite a lot of folks may not actually know who Milton Friedman is.
And I realized that stereotypes are, in fact, true. I still don't think that makes it funny, though. I just think it makes me a big nerd.
