1. I found this one with a search for "How Tall is Paul Krugman?" Answer: 5 ft 7 inches, and Americans are short too.
2. I found this one with a search for "How Tall is Greg Mankiw?" No Answer, but I did get this cool link from Marginal Revolution: Tall People are Happy.
3. An interesting nudge at Consumerology.
4. Making this Home: What to do with old postcards.
5. Time: Why people in the South are fat.... but not Montanans
Enjoy!
Greg Mankiw is 6'2".
ReplyDeletehttp://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-about-me-im-6-2.html
He also mentions it when he talks about height taxation, presumably to show that he would not be exempt from such a system.
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/04/optimal-taxation-of-height.html
His coauthor on that paper is pretty tall too.
For the record, I used to work for Greg. I am not a stalker. :)
Thanks... I was hoping someone would respond with his height. I was trying to get an idea of how tall the two were for my poll "Mankiw vs. Krugman."
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Mankiw has the advantage in reach. Interesting...