On my most recent trip to the AEAs I was reminded
of the rules governing the "book room" where publishers, policy groups, and
computer programs show their wares to economists. During past visits to
this room this seems to me to be nothing more than advertising. This year, I did
not register
If you already know the correct answers better than the professor why are
you taking the class instead of teaching it?
JC
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Date: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: News
There is an article in this morning's Wash Post that disputes the value of
the recent Nobels awarded to professots at GMU and VCU to their respective
institutions.
"Still, David W. Breneman, dean of U-Va.'s education school and a scholar of
higher education, said the Nobels signify little
I tried to send the to the list earlier, but it has not
gone through according to my records. If this is a repeat message, I
apologize.
"There is no such thing as free blood."
See this story below from The Charlotte Observer.
Speaking from a student's perspective, I am not basing what I plan to
study in college on the salaries that profession makes. Those of us who want
to be in academia are usually not the same people who pay a lot of attention
to money. I do not want to study economics to make money, but to study
An article in today's Chronicle by Robert Wright http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i31/31b02001.htmposes
the obvious economic solution to the glut in the History PhD market: cut
wages. He argues that cutting salaries eliminates non-price rationing and
makes the market more efficient. However,
to provide organs to the market due to monetary rewards. A
person with GOOD organs gains little from reciprocal agreement, because he
is less likely to need a transplant, but he WOULD be an excellent donor.
JC
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John-Charles Bradbury, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
The University
How about asking some photographers?
Armchair economics is not a contact sport.
JC
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John-Charles Bradbury, Ph.D.
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a job.
This external cost argument raises the question of why the photograoher does
not offer sell at a price that will compensate for lost revenue from a
damaged reputation.
JC
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John-Charles Bradbury, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
The University of the South
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around DeBacker.
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John-Charles Bradbury, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
The University of the South
735 University Ave.
Sewanee, TN 37383 -1000
Phone: (931) 598-1721
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From: Jason DeBacker [EMAIL
What certain institutions does Science lack that markets have?
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John-Charles Bradbury, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
The University of the South
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Markets do very well at allocating goods like coffee or gasoline or
clothes
in the short term because of their flexibility in response to short term
preferences. They don't do well in things like supplying housing in proper
configurations and locations because housing is a durable good that
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