Economist on "Bank of Mexico: Central Bank Raises Interest Rate for 1st Time...
good or bad? The bank raised the overnight interest rate target by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent, after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percent on Wednesday.
View ArticleEconomist on "Meet the biggest energy efficiency rule the U.S. has ever...
"They dribble out regularly — Energy Department rules or “standards” that require ever improving levels of energy efficiency for dishwashers, refrigerators, and much more.On Thursday, though, the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Confession: A cute student asked me to"
A cute student asked me to bump her grade up. And I did it. She is really good looking.
View ArticleEconomist on "We need a Finance Job Market Rumors site"
cuz finance is not, and is far more prestigious than... economics
View ArticleEconomist on "Something terrible happened at my kid's kindergarten"
He was a healthy, happy boy. Then one day he goes to school. When he comes home, everything is different. He is angry, temperamental, and ill behaved. When I ask what is wrong, he just says:"I don't...
View ArticleEconomist on "The decline of EJMR trolls"
Based on my own analysis the number of EJMR trolls has gone down considerably in recent years. I am struggling to find an explanation for this "good" phenomenon. However, a colleague has cautioned that...
View ArticleEconomist on "Academia for people with Chronic diseases"
Hi, folks. I would like to know how ppl with chronic diseases manage to perform well on the academia and if it can hurt them on the market. Moreover, is a good idea to let my department know that I...
View ArticleEconomist on "Academic douche"
Who has that Summers Eve quality in your opinion? I seem to remember Richard Rolle being pretty much a total DB back in the day. He gave a presentation where I was in grad school and clearly had no...
View ArticleEconomist on "I am a time traveler from 2013 EJMR"
I built a time machine to travel two years into the future. I only have a few hours and I still have to go steal a bunch of brand new working papers and take them back. But the trolling in my time on...
View ArticleEconomist on "I got an R&R on a paper I've been trying to publish for years"
It's a low ranked journal but I am still proud I didn't have to put it in the filing cabinet:)
View ArticleEconomist on "Any cheerful undergrads making bargains?"
Has anyone actually had their pet undergrad explicitly offer/hint at trading sexual favors for grades?
View ArticleEconomist on "Why are so many administrators borderline retards?"
Our new head of "communications" (lol) sees her key challenge to be improving the university's performance on the "citations per head of staff" metric.In what world is this a task for a PR lackey?
View ArticleEconomist on "Anyone been to one of Roubini's parties?"
And if yes how the f**k do you get into them?
View ArticleEconomist on "PhD is a joke ass degree"
As an MBA I've always been curious what PhD students do, so I decided to sit in on one of your classes. The experience has convinced me your degree is a total joke.The professor started by writing a...
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMR holiday 2015 jingle"
Job-market-meat, the San Francisco Treat Job-market-meat, the flavor can't be beat The tears, no hope, fiecking ease A Flavor that is sure to please Job-market-meat, the San Francisco treat! (Ding,...
View ArticleEconomist on "WTO Leaders Agree to End Farm Subsidies!"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-19/wto-trade-leaders-agree-to-end-farm-subsidies-as-doha-unresolved"Negotiators at the World Trade Organization’s ministerial conference in Nairobi agreed...
View ArticleEconomist on "Where do you go with an MA ..."
.... if you got fired by community college you taught at?
View ArticleEconomist on "I'm getting email-phobia"
I'm afraid to check my email any more. So many rejections or requests for my time on some tedious thing. It's a rarity that I get any good news on the damn thing.
View ArticleEconomist on "Always pull this card in seminars"
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View ArticleEconomist on "John Lott's research in favor of so-called "gun rights" has...
How could anyone still believe it?
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