sábado, 14 de noviembre de 2009
Ten Simple Rules for Choosing between Industry and Academia
In the unlikely case that you need them. Link.
miércoles, 23 de septiembre de 2009
Paul K responde
Aquí va un post que nos envía Paul K:
So I hear that the guys at FREE criticize me for my statements that any budget constraint is inherently wrong and that such a contraption should not be used in constructing economic models.
Wow. Um. Burp. I am amazed at the raw ignorance that characterizes the comments of the FREE bunch, much like so many of the freshwater comments. It’s a sad story. Their analysis, which comes straight out of "El Doble", is flawed in a fundamental sense. They fail to realize that we are in a liquidity trap and that there is this thing called the zero percent bound, which makes all conventional modeling useless. Um. Sigh. Is it not better to rely on my guesswork? I was awarded a Nobel prize, you know?
Further, in the models they use they fail to take into account that some people are smelly while others are not. Um. Gulp. This is, of course, an enormous simplification of reality. I don't want to get into the nitty-gritty technical details, but any half-witted ape will realize that a fraction of the population smells. Huh. So much for their analysis. I certainly wouldn't want to believe anything that comes out of such an unrealistic model!
If you need more proof that members of FREE are hacks, recall that Spaniards supported George W Bush by sending troops to Afghanistan. This proves that they are Republican. And Republicans are evil.
Well. Um. Fart. Something is going very wrong in the heads of a substantial number of economists.
So I hear that the guys at FREE criticize me for my statements that any budget constraint is inherently wrong and that such a contraption should not be used in constructing economic models.
Wow. Um. Burp. I am amazed at the raw ignorance that characterizes the comments of the FREE bunch, much like so many of the freshwater comments. It’s a sad story. Their analysis, which comes straight out of "El Doble", is flawed in a fundamental sense. They fail to realize that we are in a liquidity trap and that there is this thing called the zero percent bound, which makes all conventional modeling useless. Um. Sigh. Is it not better to rely on my guesswork? I was awarded a Nobel prize, you know?
Further, in the models they use they fail to take into account that some people are smelly while others are not. Um. Gulp. This is, of course, an enormous simplification of reality. I don't want to get into the nitty-gritty technical details, but any half-witted ape will realize that a fraction of the population smells. Huh. So much for their analysis. I certainly wouldn't want to believe anything that comes out of such an unrealistic model!
If you need more proof that members of FREE are hacks, recall that Spaniards supported George W Bush by sending troops to Afghanistan. This proves that they are Republican. And Republicans are evil.
Well. Um. Fart. Something is going very wrong in the heads of a substantial number of economists.
viernes, 18 de septiembre de 2009
Y David Levine hizo algo mejor...
Le contestó al artículo anti-economía de Paul K en una carta abierta digna de ser leída.
Por sus aportes a la lucha contra los enemigos del FREE, propongo a David "Big Lebowski" Levine como primer miembro honorífico del FREE.
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Por sus aportes a la lucha contra los enemigos del FREE, propongo a David "Big Lebowski" Levine como primer miembro honorífico del FREE.
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jueves, 17 de septiembre de 2009
Y Paul K hizo algo bueno...
El FREE aplaude, sin que sirva de precedente, a Paul K (gran enemigo, junto con EON) por su artículo reconociendo la importancia de las ecuaciones, entre otras cosas.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/mathematics-and-economics/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/mathematics-and-economics/
miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2009
FREE Seminar Rules
La versión 1.0 de las nuevas reglas para los seminarios se encuentra disponible aquí.
Seminarios del FREE
Comienza un nuevo año académico y el FREE vuelve a despertar. Una actividad importante en la misión del FREE son los seminarios. El año pasado fue exitoso en este sentido y hubo algunas presentaciones memorables. Lamentablemente también algunos fracasos e incluso presentadores con inexplicables ausencias. Como consecuencia de estas fallas, la asistencia de público se vio mermada sobre el final del año.
Algunas críticas lanzadas por amigos y enemigos del FREE hacia el ciclo de seminarios fueron las siguientes:
Algunas críticas lanzadas por amigos y enemigos del FREE hacia el ciclo de seminarios fueron las siguientes:
- excesiva variedad en los temas,
- impuntualidad del presentador,
- seminarios demasiado largos,
- y la más importante de todas: falta de modelos con agentes maximizadores
martes, 15 de septiembre de 2009
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