Tin neaparat sa-i mentionez pe cei (unii) de la Academia de Stiinte Economice (ASE) care castiga detasat noua etapa a concursului “cum mai ajunge lumea pe blogul meu”, categoria “aberatii”: in mod repetat si foarte insistent (de cel putin trei-patru ori in ultima luna, dar povestea e deja veche, de cateva luni) respectivii studenti sau profesori sau whatever ajung la mine pe blog cautand pe Google expresia (si reproduc ad litteram) “economia stiinta umanista“.
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We’re all Friedmanians now! And we’re all from Transylvania…
This is a very concise, very well written and largely accesible (to non-economists as well) text of Robert Barro on Milton Friedman and (part of) his work. To join my other blog entries on Milton Friedman.
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After 15 years of sharing the credit for groundbreaking research with Ken French, Eugene Fama is on a mission to expose his former colleague, and himself. The result is an alarming behind-the-scenes look at how academic careers are made and broken. → Read more
Econlinks for 22-04-’07
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Susan Athey is the new winner of the John Bates Clark Medal. I had her on my potential list of winners, of course, but I really put Ed Glaeser highest on that list since he was at the age limit of the candidates for the medal (40), while Susan Athey could have also been nominated in 2 years from now, in principle.
Hot Stephen Colbert and cool QJE
These days are very busy, but I can’t pass on this one. Stephen Colbert has the best comic moment of the months! Among other things, he is so hot that he was on the cover of the Quarterly Journal of Economics (that’s the best part of the clip :-), Greg Mankiw rightly picks on that part) but, particularly, even Paulina Porizkova admits that – now, is there anything else to desire ?
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