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Ian Ayres’s prediction tools online. Although predicting things like how long your marriage would last or how long you’ll live might also catch the interest of some, my favourite by far is predicting the value of Bordeaux.
Category: academia
Econlinks for 14-08-’07
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Ken Rogoff says that we might be “better red than dead” in the long run. I doubt most Central-Eastern Europeans would feel any close to comfortable with that. And that despite that the Vikings (the present-day ones) are rather reddish and pretty well still.
Econlinks for 30-07-’07
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reasons not to be a lazy (…lousy) editor– from Steven Levitt’s (JPE editor) experiences
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Hill against Bill, on globalization. Not difficult to guess whom I prefer (yes, he still made perfect sense when addressing globalization in this recent speech I’ve attended, hence I think that the “marital disorder” in that couple is permanent)… In fact that is old news by now, since lately all the prominent Dems are really having a race to the bottom in terms of basic economics know-how.
Highly recommended: ‘Intelectualii publici- mod de intrebuintare’
Ultimul capitol din cartea lui Adrian Gavrilescu, “Noii precupeti. Intelectualii publici din Romania de dupa 1989” (carte despre care am mai scris aici si aici) e un sumar-epilog excelent al unui studiu deosebit de interesant si, din cate stiu, unic in peisaj autohton.
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Cum se construieste o cariera universitara in domeniul stiintelor politice? In Romania, reteta este simpla. Iti declari un interes stiintific, curtezi un coordonator de doctorat, scrii o teza, publici carti si articole utile castigarii in grad, scrii cronici la lucrarile superiorilor ierarhici, mai faci cate un gest de curtoazie citandu-le productiile, iei o jumatate de norma la o facultate particulara.
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