Economist on "Screw reserach"
I'm going to play Europa Universalis III instead. I may not be able to get a top 5, but I can kick the hell out of the Big Blue Blob (France).
View ArticleEconomist on "The Financial Calculations: Why Tim Wolfe Had to Resign"
This is not the first time student athletes have protested abuses—NCAA image-use, compensation, labor issues, etc.—from their respective universities. But what makes this protest different is that it...
View ArticleEconomist on "Piketty is kinda dumb (this friday he is going to mess with...
This friday there is an event in Chicago about wealth and inequality with Piketty (supposedly there will be a webcast if you want to see it). But the moron accepted to do it with Kevin Murphy. Murphy...
View ArticleEconomist on "How much money can I make from publishing a moderately...
I have a handful of articles, spread over a number of years and in various journals, that I'd like to update / compile into a book.Supposing I can get a reasonable publisher interested (e.g. Cambridge...
View ArticleEconomist on "This Would Be An Interesting Market For Someone To Model"
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2013/9/regv36n3-1n.pdfIt sounds like it could be a reasonable policy depending on how it is written.
View ArticleEconomist on "Should I monetize my job market website?"
Might as well get something from this farce.
View ArticleEconomist on "The Economics of EJMR"
Let \(K\) denote Kirk's income from his day job, \(k\) his investment in the website, \(\rho\) his discount factor, \(w\) the prevailing wage rate for moderators, \(q\) the difficulty of the CAPTCHA,...
View ArticleEconomist on "My EJMR sabbatical report"
Just returned from a highly [re]productive 1-year sabbatical [from EJMR]; I am impressed by how little has changed on EJMR. Specifically, the same economists are still very active in their postings....
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Heckman the scary NAZI guy from Indiana Jones?"
Heckman:http://chicagomaroon.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/4e5ee790e4d5a.jpgScary NAZI:http://a69.g.akamai.net/n/69/10688/v1/img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/98/67/43/20601942.jpg
View ArticleEconomist on "Today is a day dedicate to all EJMR bros"
And Alibaba is cashing in on your desesperation:http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34773940On one day that one website has already made more than 10 billion. 1 billion in sales was made within 8 min....
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMR dress code"
Kirk, we need a dress code for all EJMRers. All EJMRers should abide by this dress code while posting/viewing at EJMR.
View ArticleEconomist on "Turns out the colleague I thought was a nice person is actually...
Many two-faced people in economics I guess.
View ArticleEconomist on "Now the Fed Rate Hike is 100% guaranteed"
Rajan asks the Fed to do it.http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/raghuram-rajan-warnsglobal-threateasy-money_4106081.htmlI can bet any amount on a hike soon now. Anyone willing ?
View ArticleEconomist on "First they came for the university presidents"
First they came for the university presidents, and I did not speak out— Because I was not an administrator. Then they came for the staff members, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a staff...
View ArticleEconomist on "I need some serious advice please."
I have never been one to go to EJMR for advice on what to do professionally or personally but I have nowhere else to turn at this point.I've suspected for a while that my wife has been cheating on me....
View ArticleEconomist on "You should write a paper on this. It could really help many low...
http://www.iwj.org/issues/wage-theft/paystubs-for-allUse proprietary data to see if paystubs make a difference.
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