Economist on "Why people chose to do econ/business over real humanities for...
If those students are not interested in STEM majors or just can't do STEM majors, and they still want a college degree, it's likely that they will choose to do business/econ degrees. But since both...
View ArticleEconomist on "5 step plan for success in academia"
1. Marry someone in a high paying and mobile field (law or accounting are perfect). This is crucial. It gives you the flexibility to choose the position that you really want, in a place that you really...
View ArticleEconomist on "Hello this is Stanislav Andreski"
You may or may not know me. But I felt I should say the following.What is particularly dismaying is that not only does the flood of publications reveal an abundance of pompous bluff and a paucity of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Algebraic Models for Accounting Systems"
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/7445Application of abstract algebra to study accounting!Omg this is the most insane form of mathurbation I have ever seen!
View ArticleEconomist on "The Lord is speaking to us again"
A public facebook post by our dear leader, he who must not be named. (serious note: never copy a private post)"A teaser from the publisher, for those curious.Radical Markets: Uprooting Property and...
View ArticleEconomist on "Behaving as HRM in an LRM institution"
We have a colleague who does that, with no success.
View ArticleEconomist on "It seems that math undergrad is the best for most phd!"
It seems that for phd Econ, phd finance, phd operations, phd quant marketing, the best preparion is to really do a math degree and take the related electives to get letters of recommendations....
View ArticleEconomist on "The most hilarious critique in economics"
Has to be Lucas critique. What was Lucas thinking?
View ArticleEconomist on "What is the difference between quant marketing and marketing...
I am really confused, can someone enlighten me?Is marketing strategy the reduced form quant marketing？
View ArticleEconomist on "I wrote a referee report for a paper"
And then my referee report got refereed. Then I had to redo my referee report.To those who complain about writing referee reports as a professor: it can always be worse.- Government bro
View ArticleEconomist on "Florida Broettes and Bros"
Be safe. Leave if you can. I am at the airport heading out.
View ArticleEconomist on "Reminder: 1.4% of grad students in US committed suicide after...
You're murderer by failing your students.
View ArticleEconomist on "Topological data analysis and algebraic statistics?"
Are they any useful?Is this mathurbation to the highest level? Just wonder.Do they have the potential to be useful one day?
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 "How to fix academia:"
1. Get rid of tenure2. Increase professor salaries3. Watch the deadwood drop like flies.
View ArticleEconomist on "Gouging is just another word for supply and demand."
Thank you for the N. Prize.
View ArticleEconomist on "PhD students got in a fight over cubicle space"
It was Game of Thrones in there until the DGS's secretary came in and started knocking heads together.
View ArticleEconomist on "Google's ML algorithm has decided that EJMR is not sexist"
Computer Science > EconomicsML in Economics ---> Toilet
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