Economist on "I shot the Sheriff"
Bros and Broettes,Whose version do you like the most? Bob Marley = Jerb; Eric Clapton = No Jerb.
View ArticleEconomist on "Is 100k/yr AP salary considered poor?"
It's good money compared with national average, which is just 50k-60k, but many of these people are blue collar workers or working as some deadend secretary, office coffee maker role. If we restrain...
View ArticleEconomist on "2nd Year Funding"
I am a 2nd year student who did not get funding for first year. I am happy that I passed first year comps, but I just found out that the guaranteed funding they say they give you in your second year is...
View ArticleEconomist on "Official Economics Nobel Prize 2016 Predictions thread"
taking predictions for next year. lets go!i say romer.
View ArticleEconomist on "Proposal: Move ASSA to Vegas permanently"
Let us stop with the cycle of frostbite and cancelled flightsWho's with me, who is bloody with me?
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 "Humanities teaching loads are a joke"
I'm a LAC prof, sitting in on a humanities course for fun.The class meets 2 hours a week. The professor basically shows up and talks about the reading. There's a final paper due at the end of the term....
View ArticleEconomist on "Sub-forum for EJMR seniors"
Kirk I am nearly 80 years old and many of the issues discussed in the various sub-forums do not appeal to me. Can you create a separate sub-forum to cater specifically for EJMR seniors issues?
View ArticleEconomist on "Is this guy crazy??"
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~weinsr/RussellWeinsteinCV.pdfWhy the hell did he go from Harvard to BU?? It's a TREMENDOUS drop in prestige!!!!
View ArticleEconomist on "Are 'transaction costs' a part of neoclassical economics?"
Would it come under imperfect information like 'search costs'? Or another assumption? Or would it come under a separate method of analysis e.g. behavioural? Thanks.
View ArticleEconomist on "Amazon hardcover used book price"
Why many textbook sold by amazon have a very high price for the second hand hardcover version? I have no clue
View ArticleEconomist on "If I could start over again, I'd do a PhD in operations research"
It's the useful/applicable form of economics without the random sh*t. Anyone feels the same?
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 "Humanities teaching loads are a joke"
I'm a LAC prof, sitting in on a humanities course for fun.The class meets 2 hours a week. The professor basically shows up and talks about the reading. There's a final paper due at the end of the term....
View ArticleEconomist on "Sub-forum for EJMR seniors"
Kirk I am nearly 80 years old and many of the issues discussed in the various sub-forums do not appeal to me. Can you create a separate sub-forum to cater specifically for EJMR seniors issues?
View ArticleEconomist on "Is this guy crazy??"
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~weinsr/RussellWeinsteinCV.pdfWhy the hell did he go from Harvard to BU?? It's a TREMENDOUS drop in prestige!!!!
View ArticleEconomist on "Are 'transaction costs' a part of neoclassical economics?"
Would it come under imperfect information like 'search costs'? Or another assumption? Or would it come under a separate method of analysis e.g. behavioural? Thanks.
View ArticleEconomist on "Amazon hardcover used book price"
Why many textbook sold by amazon have a very high price for the second hand hardcover version? I have no clue
View ArticleEconomist on "The most prestigious Stata command"
No big deal, just curious what Stata command captivates economists the most in their actual research- MIT (former), IMF (current)
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