hiː wʌzɐ lˈɛktʃɚɹɚɹ æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ˈɑːksfɚd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː, æt pɹˈɪnstən jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ, æt ðə lˈʌndən skˈuːl ʌv ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪks fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn, ænd æt dˈɑːɹtməθ kˈɑːlɪdʒ fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn, wˌɛɹ hiː wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ də wˈɔlt ˈæŋkɛni pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ʌv ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪks.
He was a lecturer at the University of Oxford in 1983, at Princeton University from 1983 to 1984, at the London School of Economics from 1984 to 1989, and at Dartmouth College from 1989 to 1991, where he was also DeWalt Ankeny Professor of Economics.