Amusing Bits of Wisdom
A ringing endorsement:
On the other hand, a shallower analysis may be more stimulating: there’s nothing like a fallacious argument to stimulate your research [1]
[1]But which sources to read? I read The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist; these are probably good places to start.”
Pet research:
So at this point you’ve got to start getting some independent judgment of your work. Talk to your advisor, talk to your fellow students, talk to your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, neighbor, or pet . . . whoever you can get to listen.
And more in Varian’s paper on modeling and writing a paper (with some bits on a textbook, though that is well ahead of my current plans). I’m seeking out graduate school advice (more of the applying type than the surviving type, I’ll get to the latter later). Things I have run across:
- dinhvutrangngan.com (found the Varian paper here)
- Another place for advice is econphd.net
- Greg Mankiw
- Several posts from Tyler Cown
I’m working on my applications for graduate studies. If anyone has any further advice, comments, or otherwise, post! Now to figure out what to do about the lack of recommendations from professional economists (adding a concentration and completing it in the last year of school is ill-advised). But mostly this is a place for me to keep links on advice. One thing I have not yet read is when to stop reading advice. An amusing omission.
April 29th, 2008 at 01:43 -0500
Good luck!
(I have nothing to add to the tons of stuff you find online. It also depends on your intent… go into academia, go into the private sector, etc.)
April 29th, 2008 at 05:17 -0500
I am interested in academia, though a stint at one of the IFI’s interests me.