Economist on "My coauthor is my enemy"
He acts like my friend but he wants me to fail. He is my Hyman Roth!!
View ArticleEconomist on "I have been hired to work for a billionaire."
I freelance often online. I win infinite contracts, because in a sea of india-bros with broken english, I stand out as a handsome white guy with a prestigious MFE, his CFA designation, and expert...
View ArticleEconomist on "Are senior women in the profession"
More likely to be unmarried? Is it harder for them to have a family and supportive spouse? Or is it a selection bias?
View ArticleEconomist on "A bit of help regarding alcohol"
So I'm pretty much an alcoholic. Not that I get wasted every day, but I do drink some every day and I find it really hard not to. I live alone of course and have very few friends, which is a bit why I...
View ArticleEconomist on "EHA Board released statement on EJMR"
At the recent 2017 Board of Trustee meeting in San Jose, CA the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to issue the following statement:http://eh.net/eha/ The Economic History Association prides itself on...
View ArticleEconomist on "Lewbel humble brags"
On Facebook Lewbel wrote:Right now, I have exactly 10000 citations on google scholar. Not bad, given that most of the work I did in the first half of my career was rather useless. I think I'm getting...
View ArticleEconomist on "5 step plan for success in academia"
1. Marry someone in a high paying and mobile field (law or accounting are perfect). This is crucial. It gives you the flexibility to choose the position that you really want, in a place that you really...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is academic finance a scam?"
No one on wall street gives a s**t to what finance academics say.
View ArticleEconomist on "The future of finance lies in machine learning"
Computer scientists, machine learners, and statisticians are the ones who dominate Wall Street. None of them gives a s**t to what finance academics are trying to sell.
View ArticleEconomist on "Is twitter worth it?"
On the one hand, I like the idea of promoting good work, connecting with people, and keeping up with what other people are working on. More than anything I love talking about research and it can be a...
View ArticleEconomist on "DJT wants to put Herman Cain in the Federal Reserve Board"
Isn't this the 999 guy? Well, this will be interesting.
View ArticleEconomist on "Sacred zip code magic powers are real."
Many of the bodybuilders, undergrads, UVLRM, etc. complain about the sacred zip code all the time, be it on this forum or when they go out to drinks with their buddies. Well, I'm here to tell you that...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why are communists immune to Bayesian updating?"
get in here, behavioral bros!
View ArticleEconomist on "Where can this CV get tenure?"
5x NBA champion, 2x NBA finals MVP, 1x NBA MVP, 11x 1st team all-NBA, and filler (slam dunk champ, a couple of JEBOs)
View ArticleEconomist on "We hired a loser lemon yesterday"
It's true and we are elated!We are a bunch of losers.
View ArticleEconomist on "You did not show enough respect"
for my lack of peepee and therefore your paper will be rejectedhttps://twitter.com/DrSilviaMilana/status/1090915729426178048
View ArticleEconomist on "Jobs reports?"
I've always wondered why when the number of new jobs numbers is released, the number isn't normalized by the number of unemployed to give that number some context. "250,000 new jobs created"Doesn't...
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