Modern economics is all about the carrots and the sticks (forget the birds and the bees). As a teacher, however, I have done my best to avoid the stick. Today, I got out the stick.
Threatening dire consequences for plagiarism seems to have done the trick. The last half dozen or so assignments seem, after a cursory examination, to be serious-citation-error free.
I am not sure if I should be happy about this turn of events. As an eternal optimist, I need my faith in carrots. I earnestly do not want to depend on sticks.
PS Where exactly does this carrot-and-stick metaphor come from?
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