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colander

[kuhl-uhn-der, kol-] / ˈkʌl ən dər, ˈkɒl- /
NOUN
strainer
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Mr Colander thinks the imperative to publish frequently forces young economists to tackle bite-sized problems, rather than asking big questions with distant, uncertain answers.

From Economist • Apr. 15, 2010

IN 1996, David Colander of Middlebury College, in Vermont, expressed his dissatisfaction with decades of economics by invoking a lofty analogy.

From Economist • Apr. 15, 2010

Colander and Arjo Klamer, a visiting professor at the University of Iowa, surveyed more than 200 graduate students at six top economics departments.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Economics research has become more a game of chess than a search for understanding reality," says economist David Colander of Middlebury College in Vermont.

From Time Magazine Archive

He argued also, that, at sight of his beautiful wife, his master must come to his senses, and the Colander faction be defeated; and perhaps, by the mercy of Providence, Colander himself turned off.

From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles




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