Professor Nielsen could not have been more surprised from her class discussion last week. Little did she know that a potential Nobel Laureate was in her vicinity.

“It was just awe-inspiring. I was teaching my class about the relationship between oil prices and the macroeconomic health and all of a sudden, he just blurted it out. And it all made sense. I knew I had to report it.”

Eric Moreland, 18, is a freshman and prospective political science major at Wakeview University. He decided to take Intro to Economics in his second semester as an elective for his major requirements, but soon found himself engrossed in the material.

“It all just made sense to me. Like, if you look at a graph of two things, it doesn’t necessarily represent a causal relationship. Like, there could be other variables causing them. I just thought of it when Professor Nielsen was talking about oil, or something. I just feel like everyone else may not get it. I’m so gonna win a bunch of debates.”

Moreland has since been vetted as a frontrunner for the upcoming Nobel prize in Economics, and is potentially in line for other statistics awards as well.

He continued, “It’s all just moving so fast. I’m surprised no one has ever thought of this before. Honestly, it feels like a dream.”

Moreland has been awarded an honorary economics degree, as well as offered to teach the Intro to Economics class effective immediately. In response, Professor Nielsen acknowledged her student’s talent, “I knew I could learn from my students, but not to this extent. I’m excited to be learning from Eric once classes start again.”