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 nearby farmer.<\/p>\n\n
Phillip Casey says Martin Weitzman, a Harvard University professor of economics, has been stealing manure from the farm for years.<\/p>\n\n
Casey found Weitzman on the property, blocked in Weitzman's pickup truck, and called police. At that point, the professor began to bargain a price for the manure. Casey told police he did not enter into that conversation because he had warned Weitzman before and wanted the thefts to stop.<\/p>\n\n
"He offered me $20 for it and then $40 for it,'' Casey said.<\/p>\n\n
The farm sells the manure for $35 a truckload and also uses it to fertilize a pasture.<\/p>\n\n
Weitzman was charged with larceny under $250, trespassing, and malicious destruction of property for tearing up some land with his tires.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[440],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3800,4002,5155],"tax_ctp_topics":[392],"class_list":["post-47296","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-dishonesty","tax_ctp_tags-foolishness","tax_ctp_tags-thief"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\n