Excellent post of Steven Levitt on whether giving tenure in the academic environment (in Economics, in particular) makes any sense. Of course- and Levitt should know that, but maybe he doesn’t, since he does not say anything about it- both Richard Posner and Gary Becker extensively talked about this (and about tenure in general, though they did focus on the academic and judicial settings) on their common blog, more than a year ago (they also came back on the topic with answers to comments received on the initial posts, see Posner’s reply to comments and Becker’s reply to comments, respectively).
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Mankiw’s “10 principles of economics” translated
After this nobody should say that Economists don’t know how to have fun. The only worry is that “the translation” might become more popular than the original :-).
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Plenty of good advice from Greg Mankiw for new junior faculty. Though I might have a problem with his one-before-the-last piece: “Avoid activities that will distract you from research.
→ Read more Capitolul “Resurse umane” in Romania
Cotidianul are o (co)initiativa foarte buna, zic eu: un workshop foarte interesant pe tema resurselor umane, probabil primul workshop decent pe topicul acesta, in Romania. Pacat doar ca vine atat de tarziu.
→ Read more Scientific publishing lags: Maths vs. Economics
I’ve received today this email (I receive quite often such emails since I am also interested- rather actively, I’d like to think- in Applied Mathematics). I put in bold what is the most interesting thing for my purpose here (I won’t search for the rank or reputation of this journal below etc.
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