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• Thread: 289 Goods vs 95 No Goods

1. Economist
   b1ce
   

   Have interviewed 20 new phds and have concluded that real economics is dead. We might as well merge with sociology.

   2 years ago # QUOTE 30 Jab 2 No Jab !

2. Economist
   2334
   

   econ is now: weak math reg monkeys or strong math mathurbation.
   great economic thinkers with great technical abilities like Lucas is rare nowadays.

   2 years ago # QUOTE 12 Jab 10 No Jab !

3. Economist
   04f7
   

   it's because the talented students have abandoned ship to machine learning

   2 years ago # QUOTE 1 Jab 12 No Jab !

4. Economist
   f33e
   

   econ is now: weak math reg monkeys or strong math mathurbation.
   great economic thinkers with great technical abilities like Lucas is rare nowadays.

   They can’t get jobs.

   2 years ago # QUOTE 15 Jab 1 No Jab !

5. Economist
   029e
   

   no u

   2 years ago # QUOTE 2 Jab 1 No Jab !

6. Economist
   fd59
   

   Yup. The Great Recession delivered a fatal blow to the credibility of the profession, and it’s no longer a popular discipline among the brightest students.

   2 years ago # QUOTE 4 Jab 9 No Jab !

7. Economist
   fad0
   

   ok

   2 years ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 0 No Jab !

8. Economist
   16a0
   

   econ is now: weak math reg monkeys or strong math mathurbation.
   great economic thinkers with great technical abilities like Lucas is rare nowadays.

   Lucas was part of the problem. His mathurbation was disconnected from reality. The beginning of the end of Chicago.

   2 years ago # QUOTE 18 Jab 3 No Jab !

9. Economist
   78db
   

   Academic economics has become stagnant. Saying “economics is dead” is obviously not true.

   2 years ago # QUOTE 14 Jab 1 No Jab !

10. Economist
    2d22
    

    econ is now: weak math reg monkeys or strong math mathurbation.
    great economic thinkers with great technical abilities like Lucas is rare nowadays.

    Lucas is a bad example.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 8 Jab 1 No Jab !

11. Economist
    48cb
    

    The machine learning sessions at AEA very disappointing and vacuous. What an overrsted fad.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 9 Jab 1 No Jab !

12. Economist
    4a6f
    

    econ is now: weak math reg monkeys or strong math mathurbation.
    great economic thinkers with great technical abilities like Lucas is rare nowadays.

    Thank God there won't be another Lucas.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 7 Jab 2 No Jab !

13. Economist
    e38d
    

    The inevitable result of turning your back on theory, the only thing that separates your field from sociology.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 15 Jab 1 No Jab !

14. Economist
    7c55
    

    Economics has always been useless anyway but I doubt op is bright enough to judge JM meets.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 1 Jab 2 No Jab !

15. Economist
    bb65
    

    Its because you didnt interview me OP. Blame yourself or your department for the s**tt candidates you choose because prestige and "clean" identification is overvalued.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 12 Jab 0 No Jab !

16. Economist
    65d2
    

    Op is not bright enough to judge JM meets, but you can judge the entire history of the field. OK.

    Economics has always been useless anyway but I doubt op is bright enough to judge JM meets.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 2 No Jab !

17. Economist
    9d58
    

    The inevitable result of turning your back on theory, the only thing that separates your field from sociology.

    Sociology has lots of theory. Their problem is the low quality of evidence.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 6 Jab 1 No Jab !

18. Economist
    b9a4
    

    Awesome

    2 years ago # QUOTE 0 Jab 0 No Jab !

19. Economist
    3cee
    

    Pasinetti >> Daron

    2 years ago # QUOTE 5 Jab 1 No Jab !

20. Economist
    f739
    

    Two things are killing economics: turn to behavioral and cuteonomics’ emphasis on clean identification over important questions.

    2 years ago # QUOTE 21 Jab 1 No Jab !

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