real-world economics review issue 103 31 March 2023 You may post comments on these papers here. Please click here to support this open-access journal and the WEA download whole issue How to Make the Oil Industry Go BustBlair Fix 2 Technological Change and Strategic Sabotage: A Capital as Power Analysis of the US Semiconductor BusinessChristopher Mouré 26 Do copyrights and paywalls on academic journals violate the US Constitution?Spencer Graves 56 Mainstream economics – the...
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from Julie Nelson Yes, economics has a problem with women. In the news recently we’ve heard about the study of the Economics Job Market Rumors (EJMR) on-line forum. Student researcher Alice H. Wu found that posts about women were far more likely to contain words about their personal and physical issues (including “hot,” “lesbian,” “cute,” and “raped” ) than posts about men, which tended to focus more on academic and professional topics. As a woman who has been in the profession for over...
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