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View ArticleEconomist on "White people should pay more for lunch | Social Experiment"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/18/new-orleans-chef-food-experiment-black-white-pay-moreImagine standing in a line for lunch. The customer in front you pays $12 for his food box but when...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is dating basically a matching market?"
If it is, how come Roth can get me a kidney but he can't get me a girlfriend?
View ArticleEconomist on "So I'm tutoring undergrads at an MRM"
An internationally recognized school, very high prestige. Students generally regarded as smart. I'm looking at their professor's lecture notes, very clearly written, straightforward language, nice...
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 "Never ceases to amaze"
It never ceases to amaze me how many people on this forum disparage journals like EER, IER, EJ, JEP, and similar ranked, then turn and immediately bemoan their inability to publish in a top 5 because...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you ever look back on old notes and marvel"
That you managed to spend a full two years working on a project that turned into a dead end?
View ArticleEconomist on "Big Five Personality Traits by discipline"
My guess for economics is: 1. Low in extroversion 2. Moderate in openness 3. High in conscientiousness 4. Low in agreeableness 5. No clear pattern for neuroticism
View ArticleEconomist on "In economics, as in hip-hop - where have the rivalries gone?"
I feel like there's not as much beef in high-level economics these days, in the sense of legitimate stars going at each other, pulling no punches, trying to kill off ideas or research programs. There's...
View ArticleEconomist on "Father-son in economics and finamce"
Jack hirshleifer Daniel hirshleiferAndrew Karolyn Steven the God KarolyiAnnan Thakor His MIT son Thakor
View ArticleEconomist on "UK biz school bros- there's a 4* (ABS) journal that publishes...
4* is the highest tier, basically equivalent to a top 5 econ journals (in the bizzaro world of UK business schools). I would tell you, but I plan to game the sh*t out of this
View ArticleEconomist on "Acemoglu dishonesty"
Acemoglu signed a public letter stating that U.S. manufacturing job losses are mostly not due to trade (Nov 2016):manufacturing’s share of employment has been declining since the 1970s and is mostly...
View ArticleEconomist on "UK APs driving for Uber"
I know at least two APs in the UK who are driving for uber during the morning. They'd arrive on campus after lunch and stay until 9pm
View ArticleEconomist on "Stanford senior offers"
Any outstanding offers that are likely to be accepted?
View ArticleEconomist on "Dean search"
Can you describe how is this process carried out in your school? Details welcome (I'm in China)
View ArticleEconomist on "The week of rejections"
Grant application rejected. Paper submission rejected. Conference submission rejected. Promotion rejected.It's Wednesday.I need a hug.
View ArticleEconomist on "Official Economics Nobel Prize 2018 Predictions thread"
The ink on the 2017 Prize is slowly and irrationally drying, so it is time to predict the next year's recipient.Rajan/Myers/Diamond Kiyotaki/Moore/Wright Eaton/Kortum/Melitz
View ArticleEconomist on "Wtf? Rochester was this good?"
Ranked at #5 by per capita alumni publications from 1994 to 2009: https://i.imgur.com/ymkV3T8.pngI know their macro group was phenomenal, but I didn't know their graduate program was top 10 too.Source:...
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