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reviews some of the dynamic forces in economics's shift towards quantativity: mattsclancy.substack.com/p/how-a-field- Reviews several interesting papers analytically modeling field shift in terms of biases in tenure committees and peer review.

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How a field fixes itself: the applied turn in economics

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Andy Matuschak

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Some of the conclusions are (unsurprisingly) generational: younger faculty replace older ones, and observable biases shift. Vindicates Planck's principle (science progresses one funeral at a time), makes me wonder how to promote field evolution as longevity increases.

6:24 PM · Jan 24, 2021Twitter Web App

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Create new fields? Kickstarter, but it happens once a decade and participants contribute knowledge

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term limits for any role that values seniority