There are a couple of excellent discussions happening in the IR-o-sphere, one regarding graduate degrees and the other about Dani Rodrik's new book [Warning, NSFNG].
First, a discussion going between the Duck of Minerva and Lawyers Guns and Money, with continuation at PTJ's solo site and chiming in from Dan Drezner about the utility of the terminal M.A. The post that started it all, Farley's response, more from PTJ and comment from Drezner, and more from Farley here.
Some of the same characters are involved in the Dani Rodrik Seminar at Crooked TImber. The posts:
If so many recipes can work, why do so many fail ?
Experimentalism and Institutional Choice
And the Response by Rodrik.
Heavy hitters, and lots of good stuff and the kind of scholarly discussion I wish we could see more of more often.
Posted by binky at November 15, 2007 04:36 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Blogorama | Books | Economics | The Academy