Nobel winner, colleagues say a hostile environment prompted them to leave
Editor's note: This is the first article in a two-part series on the UA "Brain Drain" problem.
When it comes to the loss of talented intellectuals to other universities, also known as "brain drain," former UA economics professor and recent Nobel Prize recipient Vernon Smith might be the poster child for the UA.
Smith, who won the Nobel Prize in economics a year after leaving the UA for George Mason University, said his decision to leave had nothing to do with money.
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