Xavier Sala-i-Martin - Revision history

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 '''Xavier Sala-i-Martin''' is an economics professor known for his whacky suits and genius in math and economics. One of the most-cited economists on the planet, but you'd never know it from the way he acts. Anyone who has taken a class with him quickly becomes familiar with his [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ crazy website], which has to be seen to be believed.

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-'''Xavier Sala-i-Martin''' is an economics professor known for his whacky suits and genius with both math and women (two subjects often thought to be polar opposites). One of the most-cited economists on the planet, but you'd never know it from the way he acts. Anyone who has taken a class with him quickly becomes familiar with his [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ crazy website], which has to be seen to be believed.
+'''Xavier Sala-i-Martin''' is an economics professor known for his whacky suits and genius in math and economics. One of the most-cited economists on the planet, but you'd never know it from the way he acts. Anyone who has taken a class with him quickly becomes familiar with his [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ crazy website], which has to be seen to be believed.
 His name is pronounced Cha-vee-ay, not Ha-vee-air. Not X-A-vier. And especially not "[[Professor X]]."

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 == M&M Peanut Minute ==
 [[Image:MMWinner.jpg|thumb|200px|Xavier awards the M&M Peanut Minute Certificate of Honor to the Spring [[2006]] winner]]
-In his Macroeconomics class, he assigns one question each class as the "M&M Challenge" question. A correct answer in front of the entire class earns the student a bag of M&M's after class, a listing on the [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/columbia/ec3213/m&mboard2006.htm M&M Board of Honor], and a point in the semester's M&M Peanut Minute competition. At the end of the semester, the student with the most point is given a big jar of peanut M&M's and a certificate of honor from Xavier, who dresses even crazier than usual for the "award ceremony".
+In his Macroeconomics class, he assigns one question each class as the "M&M Challenge" question. A correct answer in front of the entire class earns the student a bag of M&M's after class, a listing on the [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/columbia/ec3213/m&mboard2006.htm M&M Board of Honor], and a point in the semester's M&M Peanut Minute competition. At the end of the semester, the student with the most points is given a big jar of peanut M&M's and a certificate of honor from Xavier, who dresses even crazier than usual for the "award ceremony".
 == External links ==

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 {{wp-also}}
 '''Xavier Sala-i-Martin''' is an economics professor known for his whacky suits and genius with both math and women (two subjects often thought to be polar opposites). One of the most-cited economists on the planet, but you'd never know it from the way he acts. Anyone who has taken a class with him quickly becomes familiar with his [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ crazy website], which has to be seen to be believed.
-His name is pronounced Cha-vee-ay, not Ha-vee-air. Not X-A-vier. And especially not "Professor X."
+His name is pronounced Cha-vee-ay, not Ha-vee-air. Not X-A-vier. And especially not "[[Professor X]]."
 Without a doubt, he will tell you this on the first day of class. As well as the fact that he is Catalan and ''not'', he will insist, Spanish.
 == External links ==
 * [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ Xavier's Web Page]
-* [http://www.goodnewsindia.com/Pages/content/economy/salaIMartin.html]
+* [http://www.goodnewsindia.com/Pages/content/economy/salaIMartin.html "Xavier Sala-i-Martin Questions Global Poverty Numbers", Good News India]
-[[Category:Professors|Sala-i-Martin, Xavier]]
+[[Category:Economics professors|Sala-i-Martin, Xavier]]

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	'''Xavier Sala-i-Martin''' is an economics professor known for his whacky suits and genius with both math and women (two subjects often thought to be polar opposites). One of the most-cited economists on the planet, but you'd never know it from the way he acts. Anyone who has taken a class with him quickly becomes familiar with his [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ crazy website], which has to be seen to be believed.		'''Xavier Sala-i-Martin''' is an economics professor known for his whacky suits and genius with both math and women (two subjects often thought to be polar opposites). One of the most-cited economists on the planet, but you'd never know it from the way he acts. Anyone who has taken a class with him quickly becomes familiar with his [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ crazy website], which has to be seen to be believed.

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 Economics professor.
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 Without a doubt, he will tell you all this on the first day of class.
 [http://www.columbia.edu/~xs23/ Xavier's Web Page]