Economist on "Is there any research on tipping points and civil war / ethnic...
It strikes me that most internal conflicts emerge very rapidly (compared to conventional warfare), and given that there is quite a lot of recent work on tipping points in other domains (mostly ecology,...
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 "PSA: Only simpletons use "problematic""
I won't say "only retards" because that would be... problematic.(•_•)( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)
View ArticleEconomist on "We need to replace this market with a draft."
Schools draft in order of their Repec ranking. Imagine the excitement as a top candidate gets the call and walks across the stage to be handed a baseball cap by Heckman. It would end the weeks of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you trust the Fed - A test"
Did you go with a fixed or floating rate mortgage? #RevealedPreference
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you dedicate your dissertation to your SO or your parents?"
I find it more heartwarming and genuine when it's dedicated to parents. With an SO, the dedication is basically an investment in your future -- you have to keep them happy. True unconditional love only...
View ArticleEconomist on "The truth about the gender wage gap | Sarah Kliff"
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12108126/gender-wage-gap-explained-real"One of the economists who ran the study of MBAs was Claudia Goldin, an economist at Harvard University. She’s a former president of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Best site to use for a blog"
I want to blog so I can acquire fame and glory and all of the women. What is the best blogging site to use, wordpress?
View ArticleEconomist on "Anthropologists, put down your Tumblrs and explain"
I understand qualitative research, even if I don't always buy it. But there is a tendency now in fields like anthro and cultural studies to write papers based on what they call "lived experience". The...
View ArticleEconomist on "Traders to be replaced by rats"
Rats outperfom asset managers:http://www.vice.com/read/rattraders-0000519-v21n12Efficient markets?
View ArticleEconomist on "Representative Agent here, taking questions"
My lifetime utility function is the infinite sum of twice-differentiable continuous, concave period utilities of one consumption good.I have access to complete markets. I know all possible states. I...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why are economists so useless?"
most economists spend their lives trying to make sense of irrelevant data. it is no surprise that their findings are senseless and devoid of any scientifc rigor. if you go to any economics department,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Mathematica"
Is mathematica worth learning? I tend to shy away from proprietary gear but the uni will cover it. Not sure its worth the time investment.
View ArticleEconomist on "Official Economics Nobel Prize 2016 Predictions thread"
taking predictions for next year. lets go!i say romer.
View ArticleEconomist on "Certain HRM professor hires RA on e-mail list:"
"the pay is interactions with me, I provide human capital"
View ArticleEconomist on "Adam Smith: What Is Wrong with Economic Inequality"
Looks like political scientists are getting much better at economics than they used to be.http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10436604
View ArticleEconomist on "Are you a top economist?"
http://usuncut.com/politics/170-top-economists-back-bernie-sanders-plan-to-rein-in-wall-street/
View ArticleEconomist on "Why Can't We Just Host the Olympics in the Same Place Every Year?"
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/09/two-words-olympics-island/6797Economists agree: the Olympics are bad for cities.
View ArticleEconomist on "FTC to Crackdown on Falsely Gratuitous Celebrity Social Media...
"This uptick in celebrities peddling brand messages on their personal accounts, light on explicit disclosure, has not gone unnoticed by the U.S. government. The Federal Trade Commission is planning to...
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