Economist on "Rank last five JBC by regmonkeyness"
Which of the last 5 JBC medal winners is the biggest reg monkey?
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This list is in terms of policy influence, and it remains true even if you allow work to claim some portion of the value of other work that builds on it.
View ArticleEconomist on "MIT suicide of 3rd year"
Just got the news. This is terrible. Reach out to those around you, especially if they might be struggling.
View ArticleEconomist on "Shoving a Diversity Hire"
So I'm a prof at an LAC and we have this "diversity hire" that everyone in the department resents. He is constantly talking about his family back in Eritrea, complaining about his wife's vegan cooking,...
View ArticleEconomist on "The Automation Myth | Matthew Yglesias"
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/27/9038829/automation-myth"Robots aren't taking your jobs — and that's the problem"
View ArticleEconomist on "Dear grad students who skip seminar"
Your names have been reported and recorded.- Graduate Studies Director
View ArticleEconomist on "You've been talking about me bros!"
Although some of them salty, glad to know you have nice opinions about me. Also, you know a lot about my personal life! Which I find kind of creepy. Maybe a close friend of mine posted stuff here, I...
View ArticleEconomist on "So I went to one of the biggest heterodox conferences, ..."
just wow. I'm underwhelmed.
View ArticleEconomist on "Kork we need a new forum"
The number of posts in the "Marketing Job Market" is too Damn High! We need a "Marketing Rumors" , just like we have a "Finance Job rumors"
View ArticleEconomist on "Messing up a lesson."
Bro's I just screwed up basic undergrad algebra during a lecture. I was not paying attention and it all went down hill... Feel somewhat embarrassed
View ArticleEconomist on "Relax, only 30% of U.S. expectant mothers read Oster's book"
And only a third of those mothers take Oster's advice to heart.http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/pregnancyparenting/10-percent-of-us-women-drink-during-pregnancy-study/ar-AAeKsaK
View ArticleEconomist on "Forget 'developing' poor countries, it's time to 'de-develop'...
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-rich-countries-sdgs?CMP=share_btn_twThe dumbness... it hurts so much.
View ArticleEconomist on "Democrats want to build more infrastructure. Here's how we can...
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/
View ArticleEconomist on "Ranking of U.S. Economic Departments (August 2015)"
Love it:https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.usecondept.html
View ArticleEconomist on "Guy, what is youe favorite econ paper?"
I want to try something to see if its funny.
View ArticleEconomist on "By the end, Daron Acemoglu..."
By the end, Daron Acemoglu would have done 3-4 lifetimes' worth of Economics research. About 100 papers at the current age of 48, that is already 1-1.5 lifetimes' worth of research. Another 100-150...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is there an academic consensus on whether financial aid...
http://centerforcollegeaffordability.org/uploads/Introducing_Bennett_Hypothesis_2.pdfhttp://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr733.pdfhttp://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED536485.pdfhttp://schol...
View ArticleEconomist on "MIT suicide of 3rd year"
Just got the news. This is terrible. Reach out to those around you, especially if they might be struggling.
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