…but that might just be because a lot of Italian women are so thin and gorgeous that I am big in comparison. But seriously…in true “economists do it with models” fashion, I did an interview with Italian fashion magazine Grazia. The good news is that I was super impressed by the [...]
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I’ll Have You Know I Am Huge In Italy…
March 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments
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Watch Out…Today, PBS NewsHour, Tomorrow The World…
February 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Just For Fun · Press
I got an email earlier today from a producer at PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer saying that I was in tonight’s segment about the AEA Humor Session. I’m only in the piece for like two seconds, but it’s totally worth watching to see (real) economists try to tell jokes (and not succeed). Paul [...]
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The Results Of The Economics To English Translation…
January 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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In case you didn’t see the first time, NPR’s Planet Money blog had a contest for an “economics to english” translation of a particularly jargon-filled paper abstract. I am proud to say that I won this contest, though, as I stated in my AEA speach, I still contend that the translation of “We spent [...]
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