Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDaron Acemoglu: belief
4 Dec 2019 Conversations with Tyler Daron Acemoglu on the Struggle Between State and Society
“Since at the moment, all of the incentives in academia and economics depend on publishing in the top five journals, I would say somewhat overrated because we should also value people who are able to reach a broader audience, think outside the box.”
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- 4 Dec 2019
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…— getting stronger. Why overrated? What’s your take? Well, I think economists have to appeal to a broader audience, and our science has to be solid. Publishing in the top five journals is a good discipline because it makes sure that we don’t slack off, we don’t do shoddy research and get the credit for it. But if it becomes an obsession, it is at the cost of communicating with the rest of the world. And that’s not healthy either. Since at the moment, all of the incentives in academia and economics depend on publishing in the top five journals, I would say somewhat overrated because we should also value people who are able to reach a broader audience, think outside the box. Sometimes fads really determine who can get published and what can get published in the top five journals. So if you have some big ideas and you’re looking at the data of the world in a different way, but your identification isn’t solid, you’re never going to get into a top-five journal. But we shouldn’t be discouraging that type of research. The Turkish movie director Nuri Bilge Ceylan — overrated or underrated?…
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