Economist on "Don't you just love meetings with other faculty?"
Especially those that go in long, big circles around the topic, but never get to it? The ones where there is a lot of heated argument over the initial proposal and then we settle on the initial...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why do I always open my mouth?"
I need to think before speaking. I hope my career survives...
View ArticleEconomist on "Books every micro theorists should have"
I just discovered books by Moulin and I am currently in love with them. What are other not popular great books in micro theory?
View ArticleEconomist on "Survival suggestions"
I have a job that doesn't start until Aug, while I'm graduating in a couple of weeks. I will have to go through 2 months of no income. So no money for food or housing and other necessities. I have...
View ArticleEconomist on "Best micro theory department outside top 10"
I would say PennState. What do you think?
View ArticleEconomist on "Most Interesting Papers in Economics of all time"
I start with Akerlof's "Market for...
View ArticleEconomist on "A Conversation With Joseph Stiglitz | The Atlantic"
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/stiglitz-inequality/479952/"The Nobel-winning economist discusses the Fed, the election, and the role of economists in fixing inequality."
View ArticleEconomist on "If machines take all our jobs then who will buy the stuff the...
I don't understand how robots owned by a few capitalists taking all the jobs can be an equilibrium...
View ArticleEconomist on "Can we logically distinguish between acting on preferences, and...
behavior?Suppose agent A only has time for bad bietches, and acts in accordance with that preference. It strikes me that whether we would consider this discriminatory or not is a function of prevailing...
View ArticleEconomist on "Does it make sense to burn ivory after it is seized?"
I understand why you would burn drugs after they are seized: the harm occurs when the drugs are used, which has yet to happen.However, I am very confused as to why you would burn ivory. The harm...
View ArticleEconomist on "Should I learn information theory? Does it depend on the field...
I'm asking because Google says it's the 100th birthday of Claude Shannon.
View ArticleEconomist on "Development economists, was this a good movie?"
http://www.povertyinc.org/The global poverty aid industry is big business, with the West spending more than a trillion dollars in the past decade on programs to promote development. Filmed in 20...
View ArticleEconomist on "I'm an economist that supports auditing the Federal Reserve....
I work outside of monetary economics.
View ArticleEconomist on "Hilary's Chances of Winning Presidency Now at 72%"
Seems like a sure done thing at this point... I wonder if all this is simply a show and that it is all inevitable...https://www.electionbettingodds.com/WIN_chart_maxim_lott_john_stossel.html
View ArticleExperimenter on "Stopping by low-ranked job talks on a snowy afternoon"
Which candidate is this, who knows I know he must be low-ranked though For him to give his job talk here The others must've all said noHis little spouse must think it queer To look for jobs with...
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMR's official list of *THE* 40 top 20 US depts"
In no particular orderMIT, Harvahd, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Yale, Princeton, Chicago, NU, NYU, Columbia, UPenn, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, UCLA, UCSD, Maryland, BU, Brown, UT Austin, Penn State,...
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMR post quality vs age"
Based on my own experience it is a positive relationship. My colleagues argue that it is an inverted-U relationship. Who is right?
View ArticleEconomist on "Why do people use median income as a proxy for quality of life?"
Life in the United States has improved dramatically (because of the Internet, smartphones etc.) despite stagnant real median incomes.
View ArticleEconomist on "Cal State Bros, Stop Teaching Your 4-4 and Explain This."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cal-state-teachers-tentative-pact-105-percent-hikes-38851614So overall you get a significant pay bump but double the time it takes to be tenured. Does this raise or...
View ArticleEconomist on "Randy Wright stories"
Everyone share your favorite Randy Wright story! Mine is the time that a prostitute handcuffed him to a hotel bedpost and stole his stuff (Randy is actually proud of this and loves to tell it).
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