Economist on "Euros are a queer bunch"
Saw an add for a postdoc fellowship which required applicants to upload their high school transcripts...
View ArticleEconomist on "Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96(2)"
While downloading Hall's paper from this issue, I glanced at the names of the other authors. The first three articles are by:Friedman, Milton Fama, Eugene (and French) Samuelson,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Submitting higher after strong R&R - can I forward the referee...
I received very positive reports on a paper at a good (but not top) field journal, and a strong signal from the editor that a (competently) revised version would likely be accepted.I worry that I aimed...
View ArticleEconomist on "The best justification for taxing rich people more"
Taxation should burden each person the same in terms of utility
View ArticleEconomist on "Bad co-authors"
I mean, really bad. I have retards for co-authors. There's 4 of us in a paper I am leading, the other 2 are ok and both do work and do good work. The fourth is a f**ing lemon. Randomly adds stuff to...
View ArticleEconomist on "Indian bros... whats going on with your notes?"
I know that the equivalent of a $15 note is being taken out of circulation. I know that people can exchange it for other notes. I know that this note had a big counterfeit problem so naturally you want...
View ArticleEconomist on "Does anyone else find that undergrad TAs are useless?"
My TA hasn't graded for the past 6 weeks citing "mental health issues". There's no way I can push for the grading to be done because what sort of cruel person harasses a TA dealing with mental health...
View ArticleEconomist on "I find the geographic explanation of development quite convincing"
I know this won't be popular but the evidence is strong. Also, don't bring outliers as counterexamples like N and S Korea.
View ArticleEconomist on "Why would anyone take a dump in the MIDDLE stall??"
Sometimes when I go for my morning dump at the office I walk in and some idiot is in the MIDDLE stall. Why??? Now I have to sit in the one next to you and hear your little grunts and wipes. Please,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Kindergarten teachers don't have to put up with this"
I came in to my office today to find that the name tag on my office door was switched with some one else. I entered the office to find streamers and party decorations (dropped through the gap at the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Finance and Economics Email Newsletters"
Any suggestions for keeping up-to-date with econ/finance news? I used to read DealBook. That wasn't bad.Something that comes daily with nice summaries would be ideal. Thanks bros and broettes.
View ArticleEconomist on "This is new... AT&T and TIme Warner say their merger will help...
http://gizmodo.com/at-t-is-full-of-s**t-1789789271But they don't really explain to well how...Also I don't get it. How can they claim that it will help competition when they are consolidating a fully...
View ArticleEconomist on "Grad Students: Is it normal for your officemate to still play...
I share an office with 1 other grad student. When I walked in today there were toys on the floor and his desk; lego spaceships and the like... is this normal? Maybe one of his young relatives was over?...
View ArticleEconomist on "There have been 2 suicides at Stanford GSB in the past 8 years."
I didn't believe this, but I checked with a colleague there and it's actually true. This is just unacceptable, especially for a program that has such few students.
View ArticleEconomist on "Eurobro in US with Euro advisor. Bad?"
Is it somewhat frowned upon? Is it a bad signal? What if also a large part of the dissertation committee is European?
View ArticleEconomist on "Richest econ phds (with evidence)"
Gary Loveman (PhD from MIT)2015 earnings: $15,236,500http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyOfficers?symbol=CZR.O&WTmodLOC=C4-Officers-5
View ArticleEconomist on "Advisor mistakenly thought I described heterodox economics as a...
He was talking about how *some* heterodox economists superficially adopt the language and routines of scientific practice, but not the substance. I figured he was referring to cargo cult science, so...
View ArticleEconomist on "Official Economics Nobel Prize 2017 Predictions thread"
Congrats on Oliver hart , Bengt Holstromm for winning 2016 Nobel. Now, Let's go with 2017 predictions. one of Blanchard, Moore, Kiyotaki. Aghion, List, Romer, ,Howitt , Woodford, Nordhaus, Manski,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Traffic light: S. Road, walk [...]"
Please complete the sentence. This is one of the greatest question marks of my life. Also, let's take it as an opportunity to count ourselves. Good if you get it.
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