For those who always thought that economics was a bunch of bull... Professor Accused of Stealing Manure
Wed Apr 6, 2005 - AP

ROCKPORT, Mass. - A Harvard economics professor has been accused of neglecting the standard market practice of paying for goods and services by trying to steal a truckload of manure from a horse farmer.

Stable manager Phillip Casey says Martin Weitzman, Harvard University's Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Economics, has been stealing manure from Charlie Lane's Rockport farm for years.  ¶ 1:12 PM