Economist on "Is Econometrics this boring?"
My second year courses has largely been about coding up algorithms and learning esoteric test schemes that most reg monkeys won't ever care. I don't know if I am in a weird program or this is the norm....
View ArticleEconomist on "If you could start over again, would you still do an econ PhD?"
I'd do a PhD in computer science, then work for Facebook/Google/Microsoft or DE Shaw/RenTec/Jane Street and make banks. So much bulls**t in economics that is irrelevant to the real world. Wasted 5...
View ArticleEconomist on "Yale SOM Top 20? How?"
I look at the MBA rankings and I have hard time believing Yale SOM is top 20. According to USNews/Forbes it's as good if not better than Duke -- I feel like I am being lied to. If Yale SOM is so great...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Cranfield a top Euro business school?"
It does well on most of the international rankings, but I'm not sure whether that's just based on the MBA programme.
View ArticleEconomist on "There have been 2 suicides at Stanford GSB in the past 8 years."
I didn't believe this, but I checked with a colleague there and it's actually true. This is just unacceptable, especially for a program that has such few students.
View ArticleEconomist on "New Political Science Scandal"
http://www.poliscirumors.com/topic/ana-de-la-os-work-convincingly-debunked
View ArticleEconomist on "Translate Proverbs into Math/Econo-speak"
Translate sayings into Theorems / Math / Econospeak!Here I'll go first:Never say never. Translation: V1: Never assign a 0 probability to any event. V2: Always assign at least a positive probability...
View ArticleEconomist on "Official Economics Nobel Prize 2016 Predictions thread"
taking predictions for next year. lets go!i say romer.
View ArticleEconomist on "Best places to learn Spanish"
- Spain - Mexica - Chile - My office, right now :(
View ArticleEconomist on "Proportional system in Dem Election"
When Hilarry wins, she wins by a great margin. When Bernie wins, he wins by a small one.It does not require a genius to see that, at this point, even if Bernie keeps this pace of winning this state...
View ArticleEconomist on "Advisor outside of department"
Second year here. Considering my choices for an advisor, and one of the options is in the policy school here. He's a courtesy member of the economics department, and seems to be well respected by the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Best Theoretical Economist"
Last 15 years best... Ariel Rubinstein, Picketty, Acemoglu, or?
View ArticleEconomist on "Sociologist does not like Economists"
Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab 17h17 hours ago When we have Econ profs with tiny teaching loads & no grants making $250k/yr you can't tell me we CAN'T help low-inc students.We just won't.
View ArticleEconomist on "Astrobro here. Please explain how economics is a science"
Is economics really a science, or complex theoretical mathematical modeling like string theory? Astro and physics bros collect massive amounts of data through observation and experimentation, then...
View ArticleEconomist on "House of Regs -- a Netflix original"
An Economics professor will stop at nothing to control the profession.Season 1:In a profession dominated by pedigree and prestige, Robert Shlevi stands out as a someone who does not hide his humble...
View ArticleEconomist on "Suggest strategies to reduce alimony payment anticipating divorce"
This will be a BIG help to me.
View ArticleEconomist on "Smart Ways to Raise Money for Graduate School"
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/paying/articles/2016-03-16/smart-ways-to-raise-money-for-graduate-school"Scholarships, assistantships, sponsorships and financial aid are all...
View ArticleEconomist on "What are we looking for in journal publications"
administrators see journal publications as signals of quality hence, people yearn for journal publications to signal their quality hence, we judge peers by their quality hence, all the discussions on...
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