books Archives - The Sebastian Buhai Blog https://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/category/books/ Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:05:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-poza2-32x32.jpg books Archives - The Sebastian Buhai Blog https://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/category/books/ 32 32 General von Hammerstein’s lessons for the (not only) Romanian (not only) Economics academe http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2015/09/general-von-hammersteins-lessons-for-the-romanian-and-not-only-economics-and-not-only-academe/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2015/09/general-von-hammersteins-lessons-for-the-romanian-and-not-only-economics-and-not-only-academe/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:24:30 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=882 Since I’ve lately (and anew…) got quite an unexpected lot of questions concerning the ‘optimal allocation of existing human resources in the Romanian Economics academe’ (never ad litteram formulated as such, but you get the point…), I’ve now decided to briefly depict publicly what I typically answer(ed). Let me start by saying that I’ve had … Continue reading "General von Hammerstein’s lessons for the (not only) Romanian (not only) Economics academe"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2015/09/general-von-hammersteins-lessons-for-the-romanian-and-not-only-economics-and-not-only-academe/feed/ 10 Funniest dating ad ever? http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/05/funniest-dating-ad-ever/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/05/funniest-dating-ad-ever/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 05:02:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=11 I hate you all. I hate London. I hate books. I hate critics. I hate this magazine, I hate this column and I hate all the goons who appear in it. But if you have large breasts, are younger than 30 and don’t want to talk about the novel you’re ‘writing’ I’ll put that aside … Continue reading "Funniest dating ad ever?"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/05/funniest-dating-ad-ever/feed/ 2 What I have been reading http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/03/what-i-have-been-reading/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/03/what-i-have-been-reading/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:53:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=21 A couple of books I have read within the past few weeks, most of them on my Kindle 3G device(*): Scott Berkun’s “Confessions of a Public Speaker” (get the Kindle edition): the author is a professional speaker, in front of audiences large and small, hence he has got some very helpful tips for anyone who … Continue reading "What I have been reading"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/03/what-i-have-been-reading/feed/ 8 George Stigler could do anything–anything but be boring http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2011/01/george-stigler-could-do-anything-anything-but-be-boring/ Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:06:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=32  […] I must out of courtesy and caution reserve judgment on any laws that Professor Stigler may unveil. For, as I learned when our friendship began long ago, George Stigler can do anything– anything but be boring. -Paul Samuelson- Here’s the Sunday read I recommend to you: a great 1963 dialogue on the “proper economic … Continue reading "George Stigler could do anything–anything but be boring"

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]]> The Manski Critique http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/08/the-manski-critique/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/08/the-manski-critique/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:40:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=52 Chuck Manski’s recent NBER working paper, “Policy Analysis with Incredible Certitude” (non-gated version) ought to be a must-read for anyone doing or interested in policy analysis. The study is written in an accessible way, such that it can be in principle followed without explicit academic training in Economics/Econometrics (there are plenty of further references for … Continue reading "The Manski Critique"

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]]> Weekend econlinks: The quest for perfection http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/03/weekend-econlinks-the-quest-for-perfection/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/03/weekend-econlinks-the-quest-for-perfection/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:26:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=63 Gelman writes a useful overview on causality and statistical learning (caveat lector: I have only read through Angrist and Pischke’s book, among the three Gelman mentiones; that one is very well written, but aimed at junior graduate students at best: hence, the book’s tag “an empiricist’s companion” is overselling it; and that has nothing to … Continue reading "Weekend econlinks: The quest for perfection"

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]]> http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/03/weekend-econlinks-the-quest-for-perfection/feed/ 6 Indignation. Leila. Zigeunerweisen. Leila http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/02/indignation-leila-zigeunerweisen-leila/ http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2010/02/indignation-leila-zigeunerweisen-leila/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:52:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=68 For some reason I (once in a while) remember something Supachai Panichpakdi, then-WTO boss, said at a keynote speach in a Rotterdam conference celebrating 100 years since the birth of Jan Tinbergen (earlier on this blog, in Romanian): namely that we, then-PhD students in Economics, should stop reading [all sorts of books, papers etc.] and … Continue reading "Indignation. Leila. Zigeunerweisen. Leila"

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]]> Oysters http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2009/03/oysters/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:08:00 +0000 http://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/?p=140 You start with an oyster. You put it inside a large olive. Then you put the olive inside an ortolan (a wee bird called ‘the garden bunting’, in case you are among the underprivileged), and the ortolan inside a lark, and so on and so on. In the end you have a roasted oyster. Or … Continue reading "Oysters"

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