Economist on "Best manufacturers for regalia?"
Hey EJMR,I'm defending this Spring, and would like to buy regalia. The college bookstore sells at outrageous prices, and so I'd like to use an independent provider. Do any of you have experience with...
View ArticleEconomist on "Behavioral Economics: When Psychology and Economics Collide |...
https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/professors/scott-huettel1 What Is a Good Decision? 2 The Rise of Behavioral Economics 3 Reference Dependence—It’s All Relative 4 Reference Dependence—Economic...
View ArticleEconomist on "We should make medical school an undergraduate option."
Then we can pay doctors less.
View ArticleEconomist on "Bloomberg View Salary"
What is the Bloomberg View salary in SF for fired Asst Profs with noah pubs ?
View ArticleEconomist on "Why has China greatly outgrown India?"
Superior human capital? That is the biggest difference I notice.
View ArticleEconomist on "Less height discrimination in US?"
I found there are more combinations of non-tall men and tall women in the US than in China, at least there are many equally heighted couples here. Is this just my observation?
View ArticleEconomist on "Mark Cuban: We need more liberal arts major and philosophy...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cuban-says-no-1-143308866.htmlSoooo... Mark Cuban says the future isn't STEM but rather liberal arts. Also why would he push language degrees when google translate is...
View ArticleEconomist on "Examples of observational studies that have overturned findings...
Deaton and others often claims that it's a fallacy to claim that RCTs are the gold standard of research design, but can anyone point to an example where 1) an observational study and an RCT studying...
View ArticleEconomist on "Poll: Your personal brand as an economist"
Would you describe your personal brand to be more "ceteris paribus" (JERB) or "caveat emptor" (NO JERB)?
View ArticleEconomist on "I don't agree with the Box quote that "all models are wrong""
I prefer to think of models as counterfactual worlds a la Sudden. Making idealisations or simplifications is not the same as uttering falsehoods; a counterfactual is not equivalent to a lie.
View ArticleEconomist on "TV Show Idea: Lev-itt or List it"
Economists Steven Levitt John List compete for the affections of fed-up JMCs looking to either renovate or sell their JMP. Levitt transforms their no good JMP by adding a weak instrument while List...
View ArticleEconomist on "I explained applied micro (rct) to my biologist mom. She isn't...
So I applied the research approach used by applied micro bros in mostly harmless econometrics and some of the topics they study. She asked me how is this economics? FML.
View ArticleEconomist on "Reconciling the impossible"
How do some supposedly intelligent people (economists with PhD's) hold religious beliefs.There is literally no defensible support. Imagine you wrote your papers with the same faith.You are fools.
View ArticleEconomist on "Is humbleness valued in American culture?"
Humbleness is valued in Asia. How about in USA?
View ArticleEconomist on "My wife generates lot of trouble for minor domestic issues"
Doesn't let me concentrate in my research
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