Economist on "Interesting article about our new imperial overlords"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/magazine/what-the-worlds-emptiest-international-airport-says-about-chinas-influence.htmlThe new imperial superpower is not a western country
View ArticleUhura on "AEA executive committee announces list of pre-approved findings"
On the heels of the January announcement regarding revised policies for editorial conflicts of interest, at this summer's interim meeting the AEA executive committee took up the question of editorial...
View ArticleUhura on "APW & You: flyover edition"
WASSUP, LANDLOCKED BIETCHES?!?!YOU THOUGHT WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A PLEASANT LUNCH TO SHOOT THE BREEEEEZE? U FIEKING THOUGHT!WE WILL STEEL YOUR IDEAS. THEN WE GO TOP FIIIIVE. YOU FALE SADLEE
View ArticleEconomist on "Econ Prof fired"
This article appeared in the local paper today:SOMMERSET- Christina Regan- a tenured professor of economics at Bowmore College has been fired after a months long investigation. Last March, a 20 year...
View ArticleEconomist on "A little E.A.Poe for the job-market meat on the Left Coast!"
Once upon AEA dreary, while I waited, weak and weary, For interviews with seniors dull and bore, So exhausted, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my...
View ArticleEconomist on "Toys r us are going bankrupt?"
The f**king store is always full and there is always a bunch of parents buying whatever crap their kids want. Even factoring in Amazon, this must be an extremely poorly managed firm.
View ArticleEconomist on "Durlauf OP"
His research moved across fields, macro, micro, policy. Amazing man. How can I be like him?
View ArticleEconomist on "Name and shame the most sexist Economics departments"
We are here to help our fellow broettes.Which departments have the lowest percentage of female professors?
View ArticleEconomist on "Anyone familiar with the literature on Affirmative Action?"
Seems like a really taboo topic. All I know about is what Thomas Sowell said.
View ArticleEconomist on "How Air-Conditioning Invented the Modern World"
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/tim-harford-50-inventions/540276/"A new book by the economist Tim Harford on history’s greatest breakthroughs explains why barbed wire was a...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Price Gouging Immoral? Should It Be Illegal?"
https://youtu.be/h9QEkw6_O6w"If the power goes out during a hurricane, who should be able to get an emergency generator? If sellers knew the motives of each buyer, they could sell a generator to the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Any famous economists with a physics undergrad?"
I can only think of Noah.
View ArticleEconomist on "The new chicago"
-> phd cohort size has shrunk and stabilized to about 20 -> stipends have increased to 40k -> pass rate on the core exam has been 90% in last 5 years. 95% this year. -> faculty hiring has...
View ArticleEconomist on "Top 10 Turkish Economists"
Let's have a fun exercise. Who are the top 10 Turkish economists? My list is (ranked according to last name):1. Atila Abdulkadiroglu 2. Daran Acemoglu 3. Hulya Eraslan 4. Faruk Gul 5. Fatih Guvenen 6....
View ArticleEconomist on "Guardian highlights tragic fate of London Full Prof"
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/20/london-council-finds-35-men-living-in-one-three-bedroom-house
View ArticleEconomist on "Ljl at canadian doctors who think they're legitimate small...
I'm laughing at the outrage over the new tax rules proposed by Justin Trudeau. Listen to me you pampered little bitches: the government and only the government is the only reason why you make a...
View ArticleEconomist on "What is the closest thing to EJMR for literary criticism?"
So I started reading a lot of lit crit over the summer and find it interesting. Some of it is nonsense, but some of it is very good. I feel like I can say something interesting about this one...
View ArticleEconomist on "Randomistas have so broadened the definition of economics,...
To the extent that a discourse analysis of a bodybuilding forum is considered economics.
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