…in Norvegian perspective. More. Didn’t know vikings can be that funny.
PS. The milkman can start anytime a PhD in Economics.
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Weekend econlinks: The quest for perfection
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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 do with Josh Angrist kindly “advising” me to change my PhD topic/focus, sometime in my beginning graduate years, because ‘nobody serious would be interested in structural modelling’ :-)).
Shawms and bagpipes
Superlative medieval tones, and a combined use of Romanian & Latin lyrics, in Mille Anni Passi Sunt. Plus, you cannot afford to miss my other personal favourites (including videoclips of live –ad litteram– shows): Dulcissima, O Varium Fortune, Venus Vina Musica, Totentanz, Chou Chou Sheng, Ballade de Mercy, Suam Elle Ires.
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Sequence of very welcome interviews by John Cassidy with several members of the “Chicago School”, about the status of Economics in the context of the current crisis, the Chicago School nowadays, the Milton Friedman legacy etc: interview with Richard Posner; Eugene Fama; John Cochrane; Gary Becker; Jim Heckman; Kevin Murphy; Raghuram Rajan; and Richard Thaler (my favourite interviews here are the ones with Murphy, Heckman, and Rajan).
Atlanta and ASSA grand finale
Right, almost two months since my visit to Atlanta, hence high time to wrap up and conclude.Briefly on Atlanta itself: ultimately not that appealing a city. In fact, probably the least interesting city I have visited in USA so far (caveat lector: I have deliberately avoided stuff a priori known to be dull), bar San Antonio, Texas (which might have changed since my trip there in ’04, but I doubt it).
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