Academic tenure: to be or not to be?

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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Unul care gandeste pe Hotnews

Intre multa lume care de obicei freaca menta pe blogurile hotnews (fara suparare, in ultima vreme s-au inmultit), “Doc” e cu un cap peste ceilalti. Excelent comentariu, chiar ma gandeam ca nimanui nu ii mai pasa de termenii corecti, concreti, de adevar… (“fabulospirit” la propriu…), mai ales dupa ce pana si SAR-ul a dat-o in bara (relax insa, nu e prima data…).
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Scrisorile noastre, scrisorile lor. Pateticii nostri, pateticii lor

Rogozanu scrie despre scrisoarea “intelectualilor” francezi, “Avant qu’il ne soit trop tard” , pentru sustinerea ‘candidatei sperantei’, ie. Ségolène Royal- “la candidate de l’espérance” (ce fel de speranta? “Une espérance à la fois sociale et écologique, éthique et démocratique, française et européenne, ne sacrifiant pas les conditions de vie et de travail à la modernisation économique.
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