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I’m not a woman but this aggressiveness Yellen refers to is one of the main reason why I’m not interested in pursuing an academic career. I have no interest in being illegitimately crucified by some older white straight male. \begin{thread} @jimtankersley/1081542980777988096Permalink
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I’m also keen to relate this aggressiveness to the (mostly) illegitimate hierarchies we see in economics, to the point that the main journals are literally captured by a bunch of people at high profile (US) universities. This is wrong too.Permalink
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And for those who may argue that this is a second best equilibrium, physics is for instance a much more open field, in terms of probability to get published in a high profile journal conditionally to your affiliation.Permalink
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It’s not because you’re not from a top institution that you’re ideas are inherently uninteresting. And reciprocally btw. Ideas should be judged on their value, not on who defend them (and it works both ways, as I’ve seen people rejecting ideas just because they come from stars.)
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I’m inclined to think that economics is a scientific activity, but when I see this kind of power abuse, I think it damages the ambition of our field to search for the laws that governs our societies. \end{thread}Permalink
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About the capture of some journals by « stars », I’ve witnessed first hand a similar capture in France. A (senior) colleague created an open/closed journals dichotomy - open = where your probability to get published doesn’t not depend on your network. @simardcasanova/1081578316409245697?s=21Permalink
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