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  1. I remember a prof telling me how they get published in the AER: "It took us so many years not because we wanted to improve the paper, but because we needed time for networking and to reframe it conditionally to our networking“ My analysis: “But what about meritocracy?!” @Claudia_Sahm/1185329956454387713
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      On top of the unfairness, it is also sad. How many good ideas aren’t given the proper audience because of contingencies like that? I’m aware no scientific field is perfect, but in the case of economics I believe 1) it’s worse 2) it’s not getting better 3) it’s kind of wanted?
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        The worst thing is listening talented scholars who happen not to have the appropriate network, who know things are skewed, but still diminish themselves like “I’m not good enough”. It is deeply demoralizing, especially for young but ambitious scholars w/o the network
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          At a very personal level, I am not ready to play a game I believe is skewed & that I can’t really “win” I am not opposed to "sacrifices". But I am opposed to sacrifices for things I have almost zero chances to get…
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          1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
            I should have added: the paper *was* a good paper, and the prof in question was frankly saddened by all this networking stuff. The message the prof tried to sent was "getting an AER doesn’t prove you’re good, it just proves you know people".
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            1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
              This mini-thread is going a bit viral. I honestly derive no satisfaction whatsoever to say the quiet part out loud. I would much rather focus on what interests me scientifically speaking. But as I said, my willingness to play a skewed game is slowing getting closer to 0.
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              1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
                What I meant by 'they rewrite the paper conditionally to the networking" Basically: they didn't rewrite it during a peer review process, but *before* submitting it to make it fit with the editors' preferences Which is NOT peer review at all imo @simardcasanova/1185622153309442050
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