persistent outside influence wanting us to report particular results, and also hacks pretending to be us: check-o
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and paid a lot more money if we're willing to tell them to do the things they want to do anyway
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YES see also the
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hmm yeah how can these firms possibly add value is a good Q. Idea that it's just "we need a messenger to shoot" makes a lot of sense.
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also I wonder if it's helpful to separate analysis of subfields. eg, empirical IO operates nothing like macro theory (?)
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yeah macro/micro divide is a good point. medicine is a better analogue for micro certainly.
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