Weekend: Dersha and I are Beirut Tourney 2k9 Champions.
Hasty Pudding was AMAZING. Dirty jokes and econ jokes all night long. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
Notes from Development: [I love gapminder.]
Peter Orszag has a blog!
How the budget proposal affects charitable donations.
Is anyone really afraid that Bill Gates will terminate his foundation b/c he will no longer receive as great a tax break?
From “Top Ten Myths of Social Security Reform” :
“a famous poll among younger workers fielded in 1994 indicated that only 28 percent of respondents believed that Social Security would pay benefits to them when retired, compared to 46 percent who said they believed in UFOs.”
Development Econ was interesting today.
We talked about “missing women” and why there should be more girls in the world than boys [no, not because we're just better. haha.]
Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan (NYTimes)
Please hire me. Even if it’s for next year. Recruitment in the recession. (The Economist)
Before you tell me you are too busy: Tim Geithner’s Schedule
Lant Pritchett will be speaking on Thursday, April 30th at 4:45 PM in PNW 212! His lecture is titled: “Is Migration Good for Economic Development? How Could You Even Ask?” He will be discussing the benefits of labor migration.
Last week I went to see my pediatrician and it was perhaps my last visit to her office. Apparently, once I graduate from college, I am no longer eligible to see my pediatrician. I am a little sad because I think, “what general practitioner can possibly care as much about me as my pediatrician?!”
So, actually, my last day of classes was yesterday, but today is the official last day of classes for the class of 2009. Seniors decorated the econ department last night. Professor Johnson’s door has a sign that says “Don’t forget to have babies.” HAHA. Loves it.
I wrote this a while ago, and Evs liked it, so I’m posting it. I wrote it after reading Christina Romer’s speech for DWJ’s class. One of my profs gave me discs from the JEP, JEL and AER that include articles and papers from 1997! I think I’ll just give myself assignments like this after I graduate tomorrow so I won’t stop thinking about things. I told Professor Swingle I can already feel myself getting dumber…
BTW, Professor Swingle’s new baby [as if babies are ever old?] is SOOOO CUTE.
This summer:
Professor Nabar, or DJ Nabs as we like to call him, will be at the IMF working on Asia, and his wife will be at the World Bank. What a badass couple they are. I’m totally going to visit.
