An important moment: Over 250 young economists -- graduate students and RA's -- have written a powerful open letter demanding change in the economics profession. Their suggestions are straightforward, sensible, and all economists should read them... #AEAletter
"We are tired of seeing friends and colleagues who could have been brilliant economists forced out by the terrible climate in our discipline. We are tired of leaders in the field refusing to see problems happening right under their noses."
..."And we are tired of having these problems distract from what we came here to do: meaningful, high-quality economic research.
But we believe that things can change. We cannot do it alone." #AEAletter
The #AEAletter is available here: medium.com/@diversityinec…
And if you want the TL;DR version, @evelyn_a_smith has a great thread here:
In my conversations about the climate within economics, I've been struck by just how differently young economists speak about these issues. The youngs speak with righteous rage, and they're determined to drag economics from the Mad Men era.
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