Back in May, economist Christina Romer couldn't buy a teaspoon of sugar from Harvard University. She and her husband, David Romer, were on their way to getting tenured positions at the Ivy -- a move that would have pulled them out of U.C. Berkeley and into the East Coast establishment.
And then it all fell apart, when Harvard president Drew Faust vetoed the tenure offering without explanation. Harvard faculty expressed disappointment. The Berkeley crew said they were delighted that Romer would still be around.
Fast-forward to the incoming Obama administration, which reportedly just picked Romer to lead its Council of Economic Advisers.
Well. (And thanks to Planet Money's own project manager, radio guru Cadi Simon, for pointing this one out.)
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