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Do you want to get a Nobel prize? Eat chocolate and move to Chicago! Source As we’ve noticed, again and again, correlation is not the same as causation … If you want to get the prize in economics — and want to be on the sure side — yours truly would suggest you complement  your intake of chocolate with a move to Chicago. Out of the 78 laureates that have been awarded “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel,” 28 have been...

Yours truly is heading (again) for Hamburg this summer, so of course I just had to buy this … div{float:left;margin-right:10px;} div.wpmrec2x div.u > div:nth-child(3n){margin-right:0px;} ]]> Advertisements

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Der Wind hat sich gedreht  [embedded content] Back in 1980 yours truly had the pleasure of studying at University of Vienna. When not studying or paying weekly visits to Berggase 19, I used to listen to songs like this on my portable music player. To me it is as true today as it was to Degenhardt in 1980, that the only thing we seem to learn from history is that a lot of people don’t (want to) learn anything from it … div{float:left;margin-right:10px;}...

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Yours truly has a reputation for being tough on grading students. It is true. I am tough. And for a reason. Economics is hard. Getting a grade in it is not something you have a right to. You have to show that you master the material. You have to earn it! [embedded content] div{float:left;margin-right:10px;} div.wpmrec2x div.u > div:nth-child(3n){margin-right:0px;} ]]> Advertisements

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