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giantsinthemist · 3 months
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A genuine question for the economists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and anyone else who wants to join in of tumbler
please be respectful to each other and ideas presented.
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mysharona1987 · 2 years
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econsociology · 8 months
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Read here this acute quote by John Kenneth Galbraith in full>>
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uchicagoscrc · 9 months
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From student to faculty member, in one folder: What the “Really Old Stuff” reveals about Gary Becker’s early studies and career
Projects Archivist, Weckea Lilly, reflects on the implications of a single folder found while processing the papers of economist and Nobel Prize winner, Gary Becker.
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One slightly overstuffed folder in the Becker papers labeled “Really Old Stuff” was extracted from the collection for closer inspection during processing activities last week. Opening the folder and examining its contents, I discovered a series of equations (theorems) and proofs, course notes, a section of an article ripped from an academic journal, short theoretical or response papers, charts and tables, data sheets, correspondence written to Milton Freeman (from Robert Solow, another from someone at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and someone named Phil), and a partial autobiographical sketch.
The material is dated from 1951 to 1955 which include the culminating years of Becker’s graduation from Princeton University with a bachelors in mathematics and the year he finished doctoral studies at the University of Chicago in economics. The inscriptions and penmanship here are that of a seemingly younger, eager scholar (compared to the handwritten documents in other portions of the collection, dated much later in his career).
Much of the work contained here is, by and large, Becker’s toil in mathematical economics. It seems that he was already interested in and influenced by the ideas that analyses in economics could be applied to everyday issues and concerns. This folder also reflects his time with Milton Friedman. In Becker’s essay on Milton Friedman, he wrote, “I had taken several graduate courses in economics and mathematics while an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was preparing two articles for publication when I entered Chicago.” An early version of one of those papers is housed in this folder under the title “On the classical monetary and interest theory.”
Becker also wrote, “When I became an assistant professor in the department in 1954, I spent half my time assisting Friedman in running the [Money and Banking] Workshop. So I was closely involved with it during the early days.” Working so closely together there must have resulted in some mixing and sharing of files and communications that may not have been returned to its original owner.
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titleknown · 1 year
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So, thanks to @mostlysignssomeportents linking/citing articles from it, I found out about this whole issue talking about one of the reasons the US government doesn't help people is that its budgeting models are designed to keep saying No while pretending they're free from ideology.
But, they're really very ideologically motivated, given how the things they keep saying No to are, like, single payer healthcare or aid to the working class and the poor...
...All those in support of throwing rocks and miscelaneous filth at people who make these models say aye!
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Louka Katseli
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Louka Katseli was born in 1952 in Athens, Greece. Katseli taught economics at Yale University, and then served as Director General at the Centre for Planning and Economic Research in Athens. In 2007, she entered politics. From 2009 to 2010, Katseli served as Greece's Minister of Economy, Competitiveness, and Shipping. From 2010 to 2011, she served as Minister of Labour and Social Security. In 2010, Katseli was the architect of Greece's first personal insolvency law. In 2015, she became chair of the National Bank of Greece.
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economicsresearch · 1 year
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page 557 - there, do you see?
Now remove a layer.
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with finest minds financial - new remix - everything fits in the box
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uboat53 · 1 year
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hey btw, that seppuku comment u just reblogged is taken wildly out of context, he clarified that he meant that the older generation should withdraw themselves from politics and made the seppuku comment as a metaphor and a joke.
A fair point, though I'll admit that part was just something I passed over. My real interest was in the code of ethics which I think is long overdue.
Even some kind of consequence for malpractice; I work in a field where one would long since have become unemployable of one were a consistently wrong with a bad of consequences as economists.
I think it's worth editing my post, though, to clarify that particular issue, thanks for the information!
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delphinidin4 · 2 years
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theculturedmarxist · 2 years
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mysharona1987 · 1 year
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uchicagoscrc · 1 year
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Work has begun to arrange, describe, and make accessible the papers of economist and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker! Projects Archivist Weckea Lilly reflects on the physicality of the job:
“Archives are always in motion, in flight, or on a move. Beginning with the transfer from donor to repository, and within the repository, from storage to processing room shelves and tables, and then back to storage, before they are requested by researchers and are ushered into the reading room.
Collections are always shifting or moving locations; collections, one could say, are uprooted and never really resettle. All this movement means that we’ll have to take considerable care to make sure that we handle them properly, for preservation’s sake.
Much of this is governed by best practices and is often in concert with machinery (Mansueto) doing the bulk of the lifting. With the various hydraulic systems and tech/software programming, the machine makes it look like a light load—the human, not so much.
As the processing of the Gary Becker papers are underway, the shifting and transferring of more than 70 boxes seems a bit daunting and tiring at times, and one wonders if Professor Becker knew that his thought and thinking would someday be such heavy a load to carry.”
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Health economist Anne Mills was born in 1951. Mills is Deputy Director and Provost of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is recognized as a leading authority on the organization and financing of health systems in low and middle income countries. Mills has served as President of the International Health Economics Association, and been made a Dame Commander for her service to international health. In 2013, she was elected to the Royal Society.
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economicsresearch · 1 year
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page 559 - birthday card to celebrate the impending nuptials of the congratulations on your baby sorry.
I am not getting food. Don't give money to these people. They could feed us if they wanted to, but all they care about is driving the costs of production as close to zero as possible, and it's going to be less than zero if they're collecting money for rations that us dungeon folk never see. A damned tragedy because some of those example meals look DELICIOUS.
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