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Month: October 2016

Rethinking faculty roles in higher education

17 Oct 2016 ~ cogiddo ~ Leave a comment

New book proposes reforming the faculty role

Some interesting ideas here, but I see a need for serious involvement by economists, specifically mechanism design specialists working together with those studying the economics of education.

On video killing public discourse

12 Oct 2016 ~ cogiddo ~ Leave a comment

Hoshein Derakhshan has a thoughtful post on Medium entitled “Text vs. World Trumps“. The idea that the prominence of video on the Web is detrimental to political discourse is not new, but he makes a compelling case that it has become a threat to our civilization. Food for thought: How can we fight against this?

The 2016 Bank of Sweden prize in Economics in honor of Alfred Nobel

10 Oct 201611 Oct 2016 ~ cogiddo ~ Leave a comment

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström are the winners. Congratulations, it was a well deserved honor. Kevin Bryan has a long, informative post on Holmström. I am looking forward to his forthcoming post on Hart. ADDITION: here is Kevin Bryan’s long, informative post on Hart.

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