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“Famous economists” easy quiz. In fact too easy, as presented, because you can see the questions before you start the clock. So, in order to seriously test yourselves, just start the clock and then read the questions (you have 3 minutes in total).
Category: science
Weekend Econlinks
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EMH: it really ain’t dead. (via Mankiw)
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Harvard’s financial report for 2009. And some of the (dire) consequences.
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Head hunting for a (younger than Mas-Colell…legal requirement, apparently) distinguished scientist to be the European Research Council’s new Director.
Sunday econlinks
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An interesting debate in the latest issue of Capitalism and Society on the current status of Economics and other Social Sciences, worth reading especially for the two comments to the leading article on the theme.
Publishing Scientific Comments: The Pain, the Horror, the Frustration
This is absolutely amazing. I mean, of course it is absolutely awful for the researcher in question, but great that he took the pain to write it down: should be recommended reading for any (aspiring) scientist.
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Always wise thoughts from the one and only Kevin Murphy . If for some reason you haven’t heard of him yet, all you need to know is that Murphy holds comparative advantage in all forms of production.