by
Alana Abramson
| 10/21/2008
When Prof. Scott Redenius (ECON) entered Oberlin College as a freshman, he'd planned on majoring in a subject "along the lines of English, history or philosophy."An introductory economics course, however, not only changed his academic plans, but also determined the course of his professional career.I discovered that economics answers all the questions you never knew you had," Redenius says.During his senior year of college, Redenius says he realized he "didn't want to spend his life doing theoretical work." Captivated by the historical applications of economics, Redenius enrolled in Yale University, where he received his Ph.D.
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