Posts Tagged ‘Charles Ferguson’
A Code of Ethics for Economists
A quick holiday post: Hat-tip to KH about Gerald Epstein’s effort to get economists to adopt a code of ethics at the upcoming Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, January 6th through 9th. (These are mainly the American Economics Association meetings, but I love how the name of the umbrella association makes it sound as if ...Read more.
More on Academic Kickbacks
When he read my last post, Rob Larson (author of the cover story in the current issue of D&S) forwarded me an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal, Beware of “Independent” Investing Research, and the accompanying graphic (see above). I had been planning to post again on that very issue of economists for hire–the ...Read more.
An Evening with Fancy Economists
Readers of this blog may remember that I visited the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last spring for a forum on “Prospects for the Economy.” I blogged about that forum under the title An Evening with Fancy Bankers. As I recounted, the most memorable, and appalling, speaker on the panel was not a banker ...Read more.
