The Results Of The Economics To English Translation…
In case you didn’t see the first time, NPR’s Planet Money blog had a contest for an “economics to english” translation of a particularly jargon-filled paper abstract. I am proud to say that I won this...
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I got an email earlier today from a producer at PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer saying that I was in tonight’s segment about the AEA Humor Session. I’m only in the piece for like two seconds, but it’s...
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I’ll Have You Know I Am Huge In Italy…
…but that might just be because a lot of Italian women are so thin and gorgeous that I am big in comparison. But seriously…in true “economists do it with models” fashion, I did an interview with...
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On How Teenagers Are More Employable Than Unemployed Adults…Or Something Like...
Yesterday I was quoted in an AOL Jobs article: With five unemployed workers for every job opening, it’s unlikely that jobs are going unfilled because people are at home sitting on the couch collecting...
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On The Popularity Of Pay-For-Performance And The Illusion Of Control…
So I was quoted in Human Resource Executive Online: Jodi Beggs, a researcher in the field of behavioral economics and incentives who focuses specifically on when, if and how incentive schemes work,...
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And The Reviews Are In…
Apparently my show on Saturday got some press coverage. From The Boston Phoenix: On Saturday, I spent my first three show blocks in the smaller theatre. The first act was Economists Do It with Models,...
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Tales From The Road, Chicago Edition…
Dear EconoDiary, Sorry I haven’t written recently- it’s hard starting spring semester teaching the day after an 18-hour drive back from Chicago! (In related news, teaching graduate macro is an...
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Adventures In Interviews I Can’t Read, Colombia Edition…
So the last time this happened, the article was in Italian, so I didn’t feel too silly that I couldn’t read it. This time it’s in Spanish, so I have much less of an excuse. I am told that Google...
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