Economist on "Office Food"
Have any of you helped yourself to food at the departmental refrigerator that wasn't yours?
View ArticleEconomist on "How do Americans spend money"
Third world bro here, every month I am confused about how to do with the rest of my salary after tax, health care, retirement plan, the bill and the rent. Do you simply spend all of them? I'm from...
View ArticleEconomist on "Field ranking by IQ barrier to entry"
Broadly speaking:Econometrics Asset Pricing Theory/IO Macro/International Political/Institutional Economic History Applied Micro/Corporate Finance
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 "Walmart Stores In White Neighborhoods Are 'Better': Study Claims"
https://contexts.org/blog/walmarts-consumer-redlining/
View ArticleEconomist on "Are AP jobs supposed to be this tiring?"
My schedule during the semester weekdays has been: work almost non-stop from 8 am until 7 pm, take a break and have dinner for 2 hours, then catch up on work e-mail and course prep, take a break for an...
View ArticleEconomist on "Increasingly disinclined to travel outside 02138/9"
I’m at a point in my career where it feels like I’ve paid my dues and, if the sycophantic behavior of grad students at conferences towards me is any indicator, have made my mark on this blessed...
View ArticleEconomist on ""Damn Daddy..." lisped Arbitrageurs gingerly as Eric...
https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/20/new-york-scalper-law-ticket-bots/WTF doesn't this guy understand market efficiency and arbitrage? He did the same thing with his goofy suit against Barclays because...
View ArticleEconomist on "Family just ruptured, taking ?s"
Got caught posting the N word on economic forums.
View ArticleEconomist on "Is high speed rail the new Interstate Highway System?"
Should the United States federal government spend a large sum of money constructing a nationwide high speed rail network linking the large population centers of the United States?
View ArticleEconomist on "Econ grad students, if you're ever depressed"
just read the whining from these poor, jobless, low-iq frauds:http://www.socjobrumors.com/topic/suicidal-thoughts
View ArticleEconomist on "O Editor! My Editor!"
1 (the author) O Editor! My editor! Reviews are finally done; My paper weathered not so well, the prize I sought not won; Accept not near, no bells I hear, no coauthors exulting, My sullen eyes the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Dear idiot referee"
In your report, you implied that my econometrics sucks because I estimated 3 equations simultaneously with 2SLS. For your information, you can use 2SLS with multiple endogenous regressors, where...
View ArticleEconomist on "I hate academia"
Not because I don't like research, but this profession is full of assholes, nepotism, and nasty politics. Much more so than in industry.
View ArticleEconomist on "Most elegant mathematical representations of economic ideas"
I'm talking about of simplicity and raw beauty. If you have a favourite, please share.
View ArticleEconomist on "Ray Dalio vs John Cochrane"
Which one would you want to be? Good for Ray Dalio, no good for John Cochrane.
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