Tyler Cowen’s take on meetings

My students know I have a dim view of meetings in academia. My colleague Tyler Cowen has a different view.

Money quote:

Meetings also confer a sense of control. Attendees feel like insiders who have a real voice in decisions. This boosts their motivation to implement ideas discussed as a group. For this reason it is especially important to listen to the blowhards and the obstructionists, who otherwise would pursue their own agendas rather than support a common plan.

Jim