Economist on "US professor pays 1.2%UKAP of taxes"
for his local library tax https://twitter.com/PMourdoukoutas/status/1021139921271230464
View ArticleEconomist on "British English"
Feel weird when hearing British English. Sometimes, I have a hard time understanding every sentence. British blame I don't really speak English. Anyone has the same problem?
View ArticleEconomist on "US Real wages are actually dropping, what am I missing here?"
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-07-18/trump-s-tax-cut-hasn-t-done-anything-for-workersYeah I know tax cuts on rich people and firms, blah blah blah, higher wages blah blah blah.I don't...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do early pension withdrawals count as income?"
Suppose I earn $10k in 2018, and make an early withdrawal $30k from my 401k/IRA/457 plan.Is my taxable income $10k or $40k? This will obviously affect the marginal tax rate I pay on the withdrawal.(I...
View ArticleEconomist on "Econometrics question"
Say that I am trying to model option returns at expiry. Obviously my y will take on values that are either -1 or positive values. Can I still "just run OLS" in this setting?
View ArticleEconomist on "The Conservative Nanny State"
LJL...all of a sudden the tea party folks are quiet. Was it all about race and resisting the black guy in the White House? Maximum hypocrisy:...
View ArticleEconomist on "How do you help your students who are struggling to get ideas?"
Say you see your student struggling for a long time to come up with a decent idea that works. How would you help them?
View ArticleEconomist on "After a summer of messing around"
I don't even understand my jmp anymore.
View ArticleEconomist on "I don't remember why I went for my PhD"
My memories went back to refreshing the admissions websites every hour or so but I don't remember what made me wait in anticipation so much.
View ArticleEconomist on "Why do all Italians have 110/110 GPA?"
Even the dumbest Italian person I have met who could barely talk properly had a 110 GPA. what gives?
View ArticleEconomist on "Elon Musk has reshaped the way I think about economics"
Now whenever I notice that a Western economist is based in Dehli, or Bangkok, or Cambodia, I immediately think "sus" and "pedo"The man is truly a revolutionary
View ArticleEconomist on "After announcing my econ AP position on Facebook"
A friend immediately asked me for investment advice... and not jokingly.
View ArticleEconomist on "At&T stock never seems to rebound"
When they announced the merger with Time Warners, I bought 4000 calls due next June when the price was at $32. Now it's 3 years historical lowest. Sad.
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 "Kirk chane voting to Tusker Profiterole"
We need to demonstrate some academic pride.
View ArticleEconomist on "Game developers are starting to remove loot crates from...
Thank God for the European Union.
View ArticleEconomist on "Bekaert loses"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/nyregion/professor-sexual-harassment-suit-columbia.html
View ArticleEconomist on "The new chicago"
-> phd cohort size has shrunk and stabilized to about 20 -> stipends have increased to 40k -> pass rate on the core exam has been 90% in last 5 years. 95% this year. -> faculty hiring has...
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