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  1. I’m reading “The Superiority of Economists” (Marion Fourcade, Etienne Ollion, Yann Algan) and it’s WILD Almost every sentence is a variation of “saying the quiet part out loud” Only French people are capable of this sort of blunt acknowledgment of facts aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.29.1.89
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      Ok, maybe not just French people but still It’s a very brutal description of how US economics operates It’s a must read honestly
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        Just an example: home biases (the fact that top journals located in institution X have a higher proportion of authors based at the same institution X) Non-existant in sociology, very common in economics, and the last highlighted sentence is 😳
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their APIoh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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          Jesus. Even Google and Facebook don’t enjoy such concentration in the online ad market*. (*I don’t know if it’s actually the case. It’s just a pun.)
          oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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