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This is beautiful, Mark. Thank you.
Commented Jan 12, 2018 on Shitholes-R-Us at Economist's View
Shitholes-R-Us
We have a shithead president. That is all.
I had assumed that they had just solicited the AEA listserv, this meaning that anyone with 20 bucks can join the AEA then just anyone could have signed the letter.
I know I had the opportunity but passed it up, though last year I did sign one circulated as a joke.
When I first joined the AEA, my only degree was a Bachelor's in Creative writing.
At that point I put my research area as "Worker control of the means of production" and haven't changed it".
Now, I have signed some other petitions. Sometimes I'm not included in the final product since some groups verify their signers.
But others keep me on (I think now having an MBA and actually being a graduate student gives me a bit more bonafides),
Commented Dec 2, 2017 on Economics as a Professional Vocation at Grasping Reality by Brad DeLong
Economics as a Professional Vocation
**Should-Read**: The very sharp Binyamin Applebaum had an interesting rant yesterday: **Binyamin Applebaum**: [@BCAppelbaum on Twitter](https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/935945785723801605): "I am not sure there is a defensible case for the discipline of macroeconomics if they can’t at lea...
The real question is this: Of the three, who will be the next chair of the federal reserve board?
Commented Jul 26, 2017 on Monday Smackdown: Republican Economists Burn Yet More of Their Reputations Department... at Grasping Reality by Brad DeLong
Monday Smackdown: Republican Economists Burn Yet More of Their Reputations Department...
**Must-Read**: The quick and careful [Justin Fox][] is unhappy with—and makes me aware of [this]. All I can say is: unprofessional I would not have thought that it was an argument that could be maintained by any economist of reputation—even though, as John Stuart Mill once said, "what was affirme...
Those sign errors get the best of us.
Commented May 5, 2017 on Early Monday Smackdown: Chicago Booth Edition at Grasping Reality by Brad DeLong
Early Monday Smackdown: Chicago Booth Edition
**Tax Reforms** : **UPDATE: Alexia Fernández Campbell**: "When I contacted the two economists whose opinions differed, they said that their answers were an error, and that they actually disagreed with the claim..." I know of no works of theory or empirical analysis that says that the one page o...
Just NB: Tim was citing Esther Duflo's lecture from a couple weeks back at ASSA. Credit where credit's due.
Commented Jan 23, 2017 on In praise of dullness at Stumbling and Mumbling
In praise of dullness
Simon Kuper makes a good point: we need, he says, to “bore ourselves with important stuff.” This point generalizes beyond the context he discusses. It’s true in investing. “Split your money between cash and tracker funds and then forget it” gets you at least four-fifths of the way. But it’s bori...
He is the right sort, right? Hale fellow, well met?
Commented Mar 18, 2015 on Media deference at Stumbling and Mumbling
Media deference
Chris Bertram said yesterday: When David Cameron announced that the Tories would reduce net migration to "the tens of thousands" it was obvious to anyone remotely well-informed that the policy was (a) bound to fail and (b) attempts to implement would result in illiberal nastiness on an unpreced...
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