Friday 02/20/04
Matthew Richardson, an Oxford engineering student, was unexpectedly approached to deliver a series of lectures in Beijing on global economics. He knew "next to nothing" about the subject, but he decided to go anyway and try to bluff his way through. Despite the fact that his audience consisted of Chinese MBAs, he almost pulled it off, fleeing only when he neared the end of his introductory textbook.
Upon his return, Richardson discovered that he shared a name with a New York University professor who is an authority on international financial markets. No doubt that is who the Chinese were expecting. They were probably just too polite to say anything when they were regaled with Economics 101 instead.
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