Economist on "Reminder: Levitt was wrong about crime"
It was not abortion; it was the decline in lead.
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Azeem Shaikh the future Nobel econometrician?"
Very bright and well established. I think he is one of the future nobel winners at uchicago.
View ArticleEconomist on "Too much academic research is being published"
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20180905095203579&fbclid=IwAR0kusHOtGK1ODP0LlRRgzDfEB0gChYkSgS22DVhX-sDVIAwvjCy25St4jUI agree. Let's forbid old people to publish papers. You have...
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMR Meetup Atlanta"
Friday night at the Clermont Lounge. Nicest bar in Atlanta.
View ArticleEconomist on "6 minutes ago: Apple shares halted due to pending news"
I am now accepting bets on what it could be. Please speculate!
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMR Trolls today Nobel Prize winners tomorrow"
I think some of the posters here are going to win Nobel Prizes some day.I know that is mainly tautologically true. Still makes you think.Discuss.
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you think you're better than me?"
For making/updating your bibliography as you go along? You think best practices and research-hygiene make you hot s**t?Nah. Real men insert placeholder citations and then fill them up at the end.
View ArticleEconomist on "Michigan State going strong"
http://econ.msu.edu/people/market_candidates.phpVery strong labor/edu/public JMCs. Is this a Koreatown though?
View ArticleEconomist on "Question about naming companies in my paper"
Suppose I am writing a paper and find 15 well-known companies that I can prove almost definitely set up offshore tax havens. When I discuss my findings, am I allowed to refer to them by name? Or is it...
View ArticleEconomist on "Solo 401k from consulting?"
Has anyone here working as faculty set up a solo 401k from their consulting income?
View ArticleEconomist on "Gelman on Taleb (trigger warning!)"
"a plain-speaking yet deep revealer of true structures, a philosophical autodidact with a unique combination of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Columbia Business School in the news again"
Strong culture they have over there...https://poetsandquants.com/2018/11/26/a-columbia-mba-says-she-was-drugged-raped-by-a-classmate/
View ArticleEconomist on "Has anyone ever met JP Monfort?"
And is he a human or a mass-mailing spamming demi-god? Is he off his meds again?
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 "Gsb affiliates, put down your ego and explain this"
Stanford gsb affiliates often behave like cocky unapologetic douches. Why? All graduates from top programs show some arrogance, but the "gsb attitude" stands out. Is it a peer effect? Are gsb...
View ArticleEconomist on "Can we start a Brexit countdown on EJMR"
I'm pretty sure that its all but inevitable at this stage. We need a countdown to the biggest economic shock of the year.
View ArticleEconomist on "EconSpark's end of year update"
Inspired by the yeoperson work of Wu (Restud forthcoming), in 2018 the AEA established EconSpark. Growth has exceeded even our most rosy expectations, with dozens of AEA members registering to...
View ArticleEconomist on "Econ courses sequence advice question"
Hi, I'm trying to finish as many econ courses as possible in a short time for academic purposes. The school I'll take my classes at offers intro to micro this quarter, then intro to macro & intro...
View ArticleEconomist on "Employment rate is a meaningless indicator"
Employment rate.Mexico: 97% Philippines: 94% Greece: 82% Nigeria: 81% Netherlands: 77% UK: 76% Germany: 75% Ireland: 69% Poland: 67% France: 66% Spain: 64% Australia: 62% Canada: 61% US: 60% Japan: 60%...
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