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  • Quote of the Day: Freedom Fries the Redux

    Ladies and gentleman, an actual press release from the Department of Energy (with EMPHASIS ADDED):  “Increasing export capacity from the Freeport LNG project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving America’s allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy. Further, more exports of U.S. LNG to the world means more…

  • When you’re dealing with the current EPA administration, the humor writes itself

    Really, could you have made this up? Hat Tip: Paul Jakus  

  • Just another day around here

  • I violated “proper decorum” for 8 (long) years

    Matt Kahn's blog just got boring: My term as the Chair of USC Economics starts this week.  Proper decorum suggests that I should no longer be blogging.   I've decided on a compromise path.  I will no longer write about current events or politics or my humor.   I will write about my own research…

  • One email subscription at a time #resist

    From the inbox: You have made the following changes to your U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development subscriptions: You unsubscribed from topics: Research Grants, Fellowship, and SBIR

  • My new autoresponse to appstate.edu emails

    Hello, John Whitehead is happy to report that he is no longer a part-time academic administrator (i.e., Economics Department Chair). If your email is regarding department business, please redirect it to our new chair Todd Cherry at cherrytl at appstate.edu. John Whitehead is also happy to report that he is on Off-Campus Scholarly Assignment (i.e.,…

  • New review guidelines

    I'm taking this one seriously: President-Elect Mr. Donald Trump has tweeted that he will require all reviewers for all journals and grant agencies to end all reviews with the word “Sad!” Trump tweeted that all reviewers should be required to select the wording for their reviews from an approved list of words. The approved list…

  • I always use gmail when I have something interesting to say to Tim

    Jonathan Rees: Earlier this year, word broke that the University of California system secretly established a way by which it could monitor and read faculty emails. It defies belief that the UC system is the only one to do so. As is the case with any employer these days, your college or university can read…

  • Tim: you should propose a special issue anyway

    Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine doesn't care if you are an economist. I proposed an off-topic special issue and here is the response (emphasis added): Dear John, I am glad that you are interested in Lead Guest Editing a Special Issue on Measuring the nonmarket value of recreational fishing for Computational and Mathematical Methods in…

  • I’m at that point in my career where I’m ready to do something absolutely crazy

    And, as always, Matt Kahn makes a timely suggestion: In the past, I've done some writing on social capital and civic engagement.   I just put the theory to the test by volunteering to serve on USC Econ's PHD Admissions Committee.     USC Economics is world renown for its excellence in econometrics.   With Antonio Bento,…