See
https://economics.uchicago.edu/blog/economics-department-welcomes-new-faculty-members
HEY! I'm the Chicago PTSD troll!
Let's see how much Chicago has moved in the rankings:
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings
Yep, they are still 7th. You can hire everyone in the world and that will not fix the department. Your problem is an excessive asshole behavior problem. You will never be a top 1 department until you realize that you are supposed to care for your students rather than f**k them over at every chance you can find (you don't even need to care for them, just stop f**king them over).
HEY! I'm the Chicago PTSD troll!
Let's see how much Chicago has moved in the rankings:
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings
Yep, they are still 7th. You can hire everyone in the world and that will not fix the department. Your problem is an excessive asshole behavior problem. You will never be a top 1 department until you realize that you are supposed to care for your students rather than f**k them over at every chance you can find (you don't even need to care for them, just stop f**king them over).
Explain since when the strength of a department is determined by the happiness of its students? The truth is, there is no metric for that and supply of fresh meat will always be higher than demand.