Economist on "Doing an econ Ph.D. is the worst decision you can possibly make."
It confines you to a life of worthlessness.
View ArticleEconomist on "Who is more aspie?"
Are economist girls or guys more aspie please explain!!!
View ArticleEconomist on "Alien here, need help"
Let me first explain the nature of my mission.In our planet the organization of resources is what you would call communism. People are ranked when kids based on an exam we developed + DNA...
View ArticleEconomist on "Forced labour, institutions, interpersonal trust"
Is anybody looking at data on descendents of slaves in LAC to see if they have less trusting behaviours, and live in places with worse private sector development and institutions, than descendents of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Mario Draghi vs George Soros"
Which one would you like to be? Good for Mario Draghi.
View ArticleEconomist on "Financial Times journalists are going on strike"
Now there is something you don't normally hearhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/26/ft-journalists-24-hour-strike-industrial-action-pension-dispute
View ArticleEconomist on "What is your favorite piece of the Western Canon?"
Mine are the Dialogues of Plato.
View ArticleEconomist on "Research is increasingly concluding that more research is needed."
https://twitter.com/mc_hankins/status/691753121035452417I wonder if that happens in our profession too
View ArticleEconomist on "Wolfers does it again"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/upshot/when-teamwork-doesnt-work-for-women.html?My comment: her control for coauthor seniority is dubious at best and the way CVs are selected is not...
View ArticleEconomist on "Backup plan if I fail the market"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009B6VUV2looks like a good investment.
View ArticleEconomist on "The Erica Hypothesis to AER"
I've been trying hard to publish in AER in recent years, without success.But today I woke up with an idea that could make it there if you help me polishing it a bitHypothesis: american women named...
View ArticleEconomist on "Keynes described econometrics as "statistical alchemy""
Would he say the same today?
View ArticleEconomist on "Is it even technically possible for the US to return to the...
Let's say Cruz wins.
View ArticleEconomist on "Asian candidate seems to think "Hot regards" is a more polite...
I started getting suspicious when he upped the game with "The warmest regards".Now he's taken it to the next level with "Hot regards".I appreciate the effort, but what's coming next? Not sure I can...
View ArticleEconomist on "I never understand it when finance guys compare salary"
If you care so much about salary, why not go to Wall Street?
View ArticleEconomist on "Rainfall is no longer a reliable IV"
UW researchers present evidence that moon phases have direct impact on the amount of rainfall http://www.geekwire.com/2016/uw-researchers-link-a-high-in-the-sky-moon-to-reduced-rainfall/
View ArticleEconomist on "Economists have no systematic way for thinking about external...
And in its absence, we obsess over internal validity (endogeneity) to the extent that we are focusing on increasingly particular phenomenon in increasingly particular locations, with little regard for...
View ArticleEconomist on "Philip Cohen Doubles Down On Solving Child Poverty Through...
https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/no-poverty-is-not/"My comment is about the increasingly (to me) frustrating description of poverty as something beyond simple comprehension and...
View ArticleEconomist on "Now who wasn't expecting this mess mess with Uber"
http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/02/uber-drivers-rates-protest-sf/Hmm. No barriers to entry. What happens? How does that affect people? It'll get even more interesting as soon as google starts using...
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