Economist on "Are AEI and Brookings more respectable think tanks than...
Is it assumed that they are somewhat less partisan?
View ArticleEconomist on "Rent controls"
So the economic argument is that implementing rent controls in areas where prices are very high will lead to excess demand and housing shortages. Market prices allocate housing to those people who...
View ArticleEconomist on "USC Marshall Placement"
Is there a reason why USC doesn't put names and titles on their placement?http://www.marshall.usc.edu/phd/placements/placementsAccording to their Finance placement, they place at UChicago back in 2014...
View ArticleEconomist on "UT Austin Murder. Are Colleges Safe Anymore?"
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arrest-made-killing-university-texas-student-haruka-weiser-n552991How come there is no 24/7 police patrol of these college campuses. This should not of happened if...
View ArticleEconomist on "Rochester economics lecturer's struggles against his...
Guy just doesn't know what is best for him. Glad his students try to show him the light.http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2016/04/09/summary-of-the-seiu-thuggery-on-campus/
View ArticleEconomist on "Berkeley bros, drop your binders full of women and explain this...
What were you guys smoking?http://fss.berkeley.edu/seminar.php?sem_ID=SM007224 Economics 84, Section 1 Buddhist Economics (2 units, P/NP) Professor Clair Brown Wednesday 3:00-5:00, 2521 Channing Way,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Confession of an economist"
First, let me start by saying I'm an alcoholic who works in theory. I am under a tremendous amount of stress with trying to publish and have a big teaching load.I know this is no excuse, but I beat my...
View ArticleEconomist on "Emanuel Derman on the Fraud of Economics"
http://www.emanuelderman.com/media/beware-economists-hbr.pdfFYI
View ArticleEconomist on "I don't understand why people think America is much better than...
GDP per capita of U.S.A. is much higher than China. But life here is good and bad to me. Merchandise is generally less expensive. But anything that needs services by humans is much more expensive....
View ArticleEconomist on "Erin Krupka to TAMU?"
I heard from some TAMU people that Erin Krupka will join TAMU starting from fall. Any insider?
View ArticleEconomist on "How Noah Smith got the Stony Brook offer"
I know most of you are puzzled by the fact that Noah Smith received an offer from Stony Brook. The university has a good reputation in the sciences and is a R1 or first tier research university. The...
View ArticleEconomist on "How hard would it be for an academic field to switch to open...
Let's say that the leaders of one brave academic field decided that the costs to university budgets and the costs to innovation of having to pay for articles that were written for free, reviewed for...
View ArticleEconomist on "Old Article, but great summary of the State of Cutenomics"
https://newrepublic.com/article/62275/freakonomics-josh-angrist-alan-krueger
View ArticleEconomist on "Difference between JPAL and IPA?"
What do they do that is different? Why does development economics need both of them?
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Aliprantis and Border Redundant..."
If one has grad analysis, measure theory, and FA?I'm a second year interested in macro theory and financial economics (theory).(I know finance involves a great deal of empirics, too, but I'm only...
View ArticleEconomist on "Should I violate the law to expose sexual harassment in our...
I am a close male friend of a female economics graduate student who has been subjected to repeated and egregious sexual harassment by her male adviser. She started recording during her second year, and...
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