kai 的个人资料Jackieconomics照片日志列表更多  |  工具 帮助 |
|
3月10日 Who should you pick as your PhD advisor (ZZ)"选一个有名的，可以帮忙找工作的；一个有时间的，可以具体指导的；一个当工具的， 数学和应用不懂可以问的；一个tough的，可以把关idea确保有发表潜力的；一个温柔 的，可以平常诉苦的。当然，如果有教授几样功能同时具有那就一定选上。....." 3月1日 from mankiw's blogRonald Reagan’s inaugural address states that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” 2月3日 Robert Lucas' advice for graduate students"Hang around with ...., idealistic people. ...... Avoid careerists. "---- Robert Lucas 1月29日 Krugman got lost in the Nobel prizeKrugman on Equilibrium Macro
Paul Krugman disses a large class of macroeconomists: Economists who have spent their entire careers on equilibrium business cycle theory are now discovering, in effect, that they invested their savings with Bernie Madoff.It is funny. I have a similar pedigree as Paul. Both of us have PhDs from MIT, and we learned a lot of our macro there. Both of us see the world through the lens of the Keynesian framework (by which I mean the IS-LM model, etc.) But we have very different perspectives on the equilibrium business cycle theorists. The difference may reflect our research paths. Most of Paul's research has been in international economics, and throughout his career, he could easily ignore equilibrium business cycle theory. By contrast, I have done a lot of work on "new Keynesian economics," which tries to fix the flaws in the Keynesian model that the equilibrium business cycle theorists pointed out. Perhaps that work has given me more appreciation for their contribution, as well as for the defects in the Keynesian worldview. When I teach graduate-level macro, no one shows up on my reading list more often than Robert Lucas, the father of equilibrium macro. In my view, the intellectual framework created by Lucas and Ed Prescott needs to be taken seriously by students of modern macro. I think they both richly deserved the Nobel Prize. And I hope they did not invest any of their winnings with Bernie Madoff. 10月17日 Capitalism at bay"This week Britain, the birthplace of modern privatisation, nationalised much of its banking industry........" Western "catching up" Chicago
Quote Econ School drop-out 5月1日 Bill Clinton on Tony BlairTony BlairBy Bill Clinton
When my friend Tony Blair stepped down as U.K. Prime Minister last year, I advised him to take some time off with his family and make a list of the issues he felt passionately about and that he could continue to pursue. It was the least he had earned after a decade of modernizing his country's economy, making the U.K. one of the few nations to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions more than required to meet their Kyoto target and leading the G-8 to historic commitments to support Africa and fight global poverty. Tony listened to my advice graciously but ignored it completely by immediately accepting a new job as Middle East envoy for the Quartet. I have always admired Tony's willingness to wade into troubled waters. Ten years ago, he did a masterly job in helping to end 30 years of sectarian violence and broker a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Now he is demonstrating the dedication and intensity to promoting economic opportunity in the Middle East, learning from his Irish experience that showing the concrete benefits of peace can play a crucial role in making a just and lasting peace possible. Tony, 54, also knows that even the benefits of an enduring peace in the Middle East and the dramatic reductions in terrorism it would bring could be wiped away if we don't save the planet from the worst consequences of global warming. So he has taken on another big challenge: shaping a new global agreement to cut carbon emissions. Because my foundation is involved with projects to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in more than 40 large cities on six continents, I know how important and difficult Tony's work is, and I look forward to the visionary leadership he will bring to it. As his friend, I hope Tony finds fulfillment in advancing the public good as a private citizen. As a member of our interdependent global community, I thank him for not taking a day off when we need him the most. Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President, runs the William J. Clinton Foundation |
|
|
