Queen of the Night

Starring Nancy Stokey

(Professor Stokey storms onto the stage, slams down a stack of graded exams, and writes a very low distribution on the board. The following subtitles are then projected during an agitated performance of the aria "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" from Mozart's Magic Flute.)


The Rage of Hell is boiling in my heart.
Look at these midterms!
You are all lazy, or not very bright.
Those who so defile this temple of worldly philosophy
Do not deserve to be called my students!
You will be cast out almost surely!
You will be deported almost everywhere!
You will be relegated to menial labor with probability one!
Cast out! Deported!
And sentenced to study in Hell with John Maynard Keynes,
If you do not imprison yourselves in the library!
By the ghosts of Hayek, Stigler, and Friedman, I swear it!




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