Economist on "Coding for 10 hours every day has given me repetitive stress...
that's how I know to take a couple days off.
View ArticleEconomist on "Is it weird to volunteer to keep seminar speakers company?"
I only see upper years occasionally do this when their advisors/committee members are the point of contact. I'm a very outgoing and sociable person in general, and faculty members know this. Just...
View ArticleEconomist on "AEA Professional Climate Survey"
The AEA is sending out a professional climate survey to gauge hostility in the work place towards "at risk" members of our community.Since the AEA is just a professional group, what impact can they...
View ArticleEconomist on "Could the average math PhD"
Be a star economist ? Or are there some intangibles needed for success in the profession.
View ArticleEconomist on "PhD duration in Europe"
https://twitter.com/DurRobert/status/1062341450397040641
View ArticleEconomist on "2015: The Year in Economics Scandals"
1) AER publishes the now-infamous 'MTV 16 and Pregnant' study. Scandal: The paper was already done. Besides, the flagship journal of the profession should not be publishing papers from the field of...
View ArticleEconomist on "It’s an early market this year!"
Look at all the posts. The signs. You can sense it. Stay interviewing bros!
View ArticleEconomist on "Sexiest Economist"
People magazine just put out a list the sexiest men alive and, much to my dismay, I found no noteworthy economists in the top 100. Clearly the kind folks at People made some grave omissions. Which...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is mathematics just a language?"
When people (in policy circles) argue that there are problem-dimensions that are difficulty to formalise ("intangibles"), yet that are nonetheless important, do they have a point?or is mathematics just...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do your colleagues inform you if someone writes about you here?"
Should one do so? On the one hand it reveals you are a bro, on the other hand it can be a huge favor for which one would be quite grateful.
View ArticleEconomist on "Randy Wright stories"
Everyone share your favorite Randy Wright story! Mine is the time that a prostitute handcuffed him to a hotel bedpost and stole his stuff (Randy is actually proud of this and loves to tell it).
View ArticleEconomist on "I am the rat king"
I have over a dozen publications. None of my work appears in any journal that is noticeably better than the CJE. I am the king of the rats and the toilet is my castle.
View ArticleEconomist on "The Nobel was given to the wrong North"
What is striking about Peter's work is not just its sheer volume, but also the quality and range of outlets that it lands in. Has that diversity and productivity hurt him? Perhaps. It's true that the...
View ArticleEconomist on "How much do you five to charity each year?"
I am a bit put off by people here being obsessed with rankings and salary.How much do you give to charity each year? How much do you volunteer?Me: about 8% of salary, around $15k a year, short of the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Three reach-outs but no flyouts"
Tenured bro here. Three different universities have reached out to me, asking me to apply. Rushed to get my materials together. None of them subsequently invited me to give a talk. Rather frustrated....
View ArticleEconomist on "Bekaert loses"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/nyregion/professor-sexual-harassment-suit-columbia.html
View ArticleEconomist on "Does "the curse of dimensionality" mean that conventional...
are next to worthless?
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