Economist on "Terry Tao thinks like an economist confirmed"
https://youtu.be/MXJ-zpJeY3E?t=6m59s
View ArticleEconomist on "Krugman manges to come up with another 'Internet fax machine...
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/955105111696691200
View ArticleEconomist on "I bet blockchain is just like mortgage-backed security...
Nobody has any idea what they are.
View ArticleEconomist on "Proof that (undergrad) CS students must take far harder math...
undergrad econ students.See below for CS freshmen having to do RA up to Sobolev spaces and Lenesgue integral, etc., compared with Econ freshman doing Stewart's calculus, logarithm, exponetial, etc....
View ArticleEconomist on "Susan Dynarski valentine tweet"
For excellent demonstration of opportunity cost, see #FedValentines: economists with nothing better to do on Valentine's Day.https://twitter.com/dynarski/status/566693436556734464
View ArticleEconomist on "I can't sleep"
Been up all night worried sick about worst case job market scenarios of a dozen kinds. Thinking about every flaw I ever had. About every negative comment anyone ever made. About whether anyone in...
View ArticleEconomist on "Explain to me why bitcoin is not money"
Apparently there's people who have been living only on bitcoin for 3 years already (a famous bitcoin speaker called Andreas Antonopoulos). It also serves the typical functions of money (medium of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Most HRM hobby, confirmed"
2 separate ones, in fact. I always wanted to write books, so a few weeks ago I started typing on microsoft about, and brainstorming ideas I had. I started writing one serious policy book, and one...
View ArticleEconomist on "Taylor Swift"
Thirty something year old AP in an MRM dept... Department chair just walked into my office while I was playing T-Swift. Thought it was over my headphones, not desk speakers. Gave a queer look when s/he...
View ArticleEconomist on "Let's Create the Modal Thread..."
There are so many meaningless threads that have 4 or 5 posts. Let's create a truly massive thread that has no point. Let's create the modal thread (for real this time; without whining about how massive...
View ArticleEconomist on "The Top Post, As I Type This, Is..."
"How can use data to show A causes B?"What happened to this f***ing website??? Bunch stupid undergreads is what. It's worse than Reddit. I wish we had never gotten the attention we did from the media...
View ArticleEconomist on "Good news: Stata just increased the R-squared I am getting"
Stata's reward for my good behavior.
View ArticleEconomist on "An actual economics question for you"
Suppose we adopt the old-school NBER-style definition of a recession – i.e. we know we’re in a recession when we have 2 quarters of negative GDP growth. Consider the statement: Because recessions occur...
View ArticleEconomist on "Mises' Human Action"
Mises' Human Action - Maybe best econ theory book ever written?
View ArticleEconomist on "Lemon at Harvard vs Star at Penn State"
Which life would you pick? Typical career path:Lemon at Harvard --> work at McKinsey/Cornerston/Goldman, make $160k+ starting salary -> possibility of pulling $1m+ by age of 40.Star at Penn State...
View ArticleEconomist on "PSA: 20-30 years ago, companies had lots of on-the-job training"
companies screened for basic aptitude ability and attitude/personality, and criminal check. That was it basically. They trained workers. And they supported and mentored them.
View ArticleEconomist on "Reminder: 370 economists signed this letter"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/EconomistLetter11012016.pdfHis statements reveal a deep ignorance of economics and an inability to listen to credible experts... If elected, he poses a...
View ArticleEconomist on "Unemployment in Japan is down to 2.7%"
We still have a lot to do, ameribros.
View ArticleEconomist on "ETFs fund to invest"
I have £25k in the bank and plan to save 10k and invest 15k. Which ETFs should I buy from Vanguard? I am eying at S&P 500 UCITS ETF (VUSA); Global Momentum Factor UCITS ETF (VMOM);FTSE North...
View ArticleEconomist on "Can we talk about how diversity flyouts screw over minorities...
Many programs will compile a list, then if the list is imbalanced, add weaker diversity candidates with no intention of hiring them. Yet at the same time, these diversity candidates get a wide range of...
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