Economist on "Reduced vs structural"
how does nuclear reaction work?structural: two nuclei, or else a nucleus of an atom and a subatomic particle (such as a proton, neutron, or high energy electron) from outside the atom, collide to...
View ArticleEconomist on "Bay Area Housing Bubble"
Just for fun I revisited the "Marin POS" blog, which covered the last Bay Area housing bubble. Here's a house they mocked in 2006, listed at...
View ArticleEconomist on "How can Acemoglu and Townsend both be..."
Killian professor of economics? Too much funding by mr. and mrs. killian?
View ArticleEconomist on "I simply cannot accept that my station in life is being a UVLRM...
How can I live with myself knowing that there are HRM who are above me?
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 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 "Only CHYMPS are monkeys"
My theory is the terms HRM, MRM, LRM, etc, come from the acronym CHYMPS. CHYMPS = chimps = monkeys.People from Chicago, harvard, yale, mit, princeton, stanford would identify themselves as chymps...
View ArticleEconomist on "Anti-PhD bias in tech"
I've been networking with guys in software and startups since I'm interested in that career path. Some of them are outright disdainful towards PhDs. I'm very careful to be low-key and humble, and not...
View ArticleEconomist on "Does anyone else not have to do metrics comps?"
At my LRM we only do micro and macro comps (plus two field comps second year). But a couple of my MRM friends are doing micro, macro and metrics comps. What is typical?
View ArticleEconomist on "Could a real scientist please stand up?"
I was hoping, in the family rapture fiasco, that someone who cares about how economics is done and doesn't give a damn about his status in the profession may speak out so the profession keeps the...
View ArticleEconomist on "EJMRBear and brexit perfectly summed up in one photo"
http://stocktwits.com/SJosephBurns/message/57403746Truly a work of art.
View ArticleEconomist on "How to make people get what you do"
Is not really relevant, but I am a theorist. Using this simple word, I can get you all to know more or less what I do.All my friends think I am doing accounting. Or finance. They blame "people like me"...
View ArticleEconomist on "To professors: How many hours a week did you work in grad school?"
How many hours a week did you dedicate to going through readings for class? How about writing papers and doing problem sets? If you could go back, would you work more or less?
View ArticleEconomist on "All Purpose Discussion Threads"
I know its a faux pas to talk economics on EJMR, but if anyone reads or witnesses any interesting conferences/discussions/comments please drop them here.
View ArticleEconomist on "Africa is moving toward a massive and important free trade...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/14/the-7-things-you-need-to-know-about-africas-continental-free-trade-area/Development economists and international economists, would this...
View ArticleEconomist on "Official Economics Nobel Prize 2016 Predictions thread"
taking predictions for next year. lets go!i say romer.
View ArticleEconomist on "INUS causes and economic modelling / methodology"
Any relevance / applications?
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