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Economics Education

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Frank on Economics Education
Greg Mankiw's Blog
August 12, 2007, 5:35 pm, 209461
Cornell's Robert Frank thinks most teachers of introductory economics are doing a lousy job.

Teaching ethanol economics
by John Whitehead of Environmental Economics
January 19, 2007, 8:04 am, 155068

I don't require my students to purchase the WSJ, it seems like a tremendous waste, stacks of WSJ's pile up, unread ... and that is just in my office. However, the WSJ online edition is a great investment, both for research and teaching. And I get the weekly review in ...

What predicts success in economics PhD programs?
by Steven D. Levitt of Freakonomics Blog
January 9, 2007, 9:05 am, 152356

When I was a graduate student, my mentor Jim Poterba told me more than once that my research should “always be about the economy and never about economists.” I took those words to heart and consistently resisted the temptation to do self-referential research about the economics profession.

I finally ...

Predicting Grad Student Success
Greg Mankiw's Blog
January 8, 2007, 9:53 am, 152100
What predicts getting a good job after econ grad school? Athey et al. have the answer.



Thanks to Tyler Cowen for the pointer.