Economist on "What's the easiest way of getting aboard a spaceship / shuttle...
Too late to retrain as an astronaut. Could I get aboard as a research scientist, maybe with the brief to do some behavioral experiments onboard the ISS (exploring questions of external validity)?What...
View ArticleEconomist on "Worst US state to live in as academic economist?"
Which one of the 50 has the dubious distinction?
View ArticleEconomist on "Low income undergraduate here. I am extremely grateful for...
I quit my job and make all of my money playing your little games.
View ArticleEconomist on "Econometric Hubris"
These 3 chuckle heads will be willing the Nobel in no time.https://slack-files.com/T0F8SPJGJ-F0WMAGK4Y-7cb66a33a8
View ArticleEconomist on "Ljl"
https://inomics.com/jokeswhen is the AEA going to do this? Kirk fix it now!! I mean EJMR doesn't even have a joke sub-forum and Inomics beats Kirk to it. Kirk, we are lagging where we used to innovate....
View ArticleEconomist on "Marxist-feminist-anti-racist-ecological economics"
It's a real thing:http://new.wellesley.edu/economics/faculty/matthaeij
View ArticleEconomist on "Do most economists hate working class whites?"
Is that why they advocate for free trade and mass immigration?
View ArticleEconomist on "How well should I answer a social survey?"
I've been selected in a sample for the national statistics office of my country. As researcher working with surveys know, we are annoyed by missing data, inconsistent answers, measurement errors,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Kirk, can we have a heterodox subforum?"
I'd like to filter out all of the mainstream econ talk since it's all complete and utter bullsh*t. I'd like a place to be able to discuss the typical heterodox topics, e.g., The unappreciated benefits...
View ArticleEconomist on "Action Axiom is the same as Rationality, Right?"
Austrians explain the difference to me.Also, Im posting this to the econ lounge rather than actual econ because you guys arent real economists
View ArticleEconomist on "Justin Wolfers Uses Game Theory to Analyze Trump's Concealment...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/upshot/what-we-can-learn-from-donald-trumps-unreleased-tax-returns.htmlOne potential problem with his argument is that he is assuming that all of the modern...
View ArticleEconomist on "2016 US News Economics PhD Ranking"
When do the 2016 US News Economics PhD rankings come out?
View ArticleEconomist on "When salary hikes for professors depends on teaching evaluations"
should anything be done to address the part of gender gap in salaries potentially arising from biased teaching evaluations? Isn't it the case that women get systematically lower teaching evaluations?...
View ArticleEconomist on "What has made finance so much more useful (and lucrative) than...
What can failing economists learn from successful financiers?
View ArticleEconomist on "Lorch Hall bros, drop your twitter feed and explain this econ...
Section: 001 Jane Austen and Economics Term: WN 2016 Subject: Economics (ECON) Department: LSA EconomicsPrimary Instructor: Pinch,Adela N Instructor: Dominguez,Kathryn MaryJane Austen’s beloved novels...
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 "The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business"
Would like to hear some thoughtful comments on this.http://time.com/4327419/american-capitalisms-great-crisis
View ArticleEconomist on "BREAKING: EJMR bought Elsevier"
Just heard it. It seems Kirk got angry when people repeatedly asked him about Elsevier buying EJMR, so he decided to buy them instead. It seems he parted with a fraction of his yacht fleet to buy...
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