Economist on "Which top field journals take short research notes on ontology?"
I have shown with some small simple maths a disproof of the positivism.The economic thinking and methods turn out not so much the problem. Is more the ontology you see.Where I can send paper to get...
View ArticleEconomist on "Research environment in China"
As an Asian, I am considering applying to Chinese. Sorry for the plethora of questions, just wanted to gauge the research situation there.How is the research environment in a decent Chinese schools?...
View ArticleEconomist on "Postmodernism on Campus - SciAmerican Article"
Good: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unfortunate-fallout-of-campus-postmodernism/
View ArticleEconomist on "Isn't Gintis the most important economist of our time"
Isn't he?Not the Gintis troll here, not a heterodox bro either.Just read Gintis's papers. Both his methods and underlining ideas are very good. He has a unifying approach to social and biological...
View ArticleEconomist on "VLRM PhD students infatuation with heterodox economics"
It is just my impression or there has been a recent increase in heterodox (or non-mainstream) VLRM students? Or are they just more vocal given recent political successes?
View ArticleEconomist on "Advice from an old timer"
Let me tell you all something you already know. Academia ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you...
View ArticleEconomist on "Welcome remarks from APW-sponsored "LRM Outreach Lunch""
"Good morning and welcome to the first LRM Outreach Lynch...I mean Lunch, of course! My name is Chris, and I'll start by apologizing that my two co-organizers could not be here today. Well, frankly...
View ArticleEconomist on "New abstract just posted on AER"
"How Hurricane Irma Affected the Seagull Populations of the Florida Keys: Evidence from beach front mahi mahi taco trucks"Leftover food and associated trash often serve as a food source for seagull...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why are stock market returns in this study so high?"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236332043_Can_Ignorance_Beat_the_Stock_Market60% return over a six month period? 35% on an index fund? What are they measuring?
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 "Can someone explain what Neoliberalism is to me?"
I thought it was the ideology of Friedman, Hayek, Buchanan, and many likeminded academics and thinkers. Then about a decade ago I saw that the likes of Krugman and Delong considered themselves...
View ArticleEconomist on "Fields medalist with econometrica publication"
my friends are torturing me by not telling who this person is. NOT Milnor or Smale. Who else can it be?
View ArticleEconomist on "CREDO (Catholic Economists)"
Anyone has info about this organization? Is their AEA event interesting? Are they normal Catholics or super conservative ones?
View ArticleEconomist on "Started second year at MRM, want to do theory. Advice?"
Any serious advice from seasoned theorists on the best way to get started? It's a bit overwhelming and intimidating at the moment but I am sure theory excites me and I want to give it a shot.Not...
View ArticleEconomist on "Top economics referees according to Publons"
well, if you believe that quantity=quality and the self-registration and self-reporting do not lead to selection biashttps://publons.com/awards/field/?asjc=329&order_by=place
View ArticleEconomist on "Why do reg monkeys take Syntethetic control more seriously than...
I have seen that many applied microeconomist have knee jerk reactions against structural models such as the ones applied in macro or i.o. estimating parameters to a fit of system non-linear equations...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is there a better system for universal healthcare than "single...
Looks like may EU countries do it differently.
View ArticleEconomist on "The five most influential papers in each of the top 5s"
AER, QJE, JPE, Econometrica, and RestudWhat are they?
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