jeremyarkes
jeremyarkes
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Bio
I am a retired economist, having spent most of my career as an economics professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, and, in a prior life, having worked as an economist at RAND Corporation and the Center for Naval Analyses.
One thing I noticed towards the end of my career (and in reflection during retirement) was that most economic research has mistakes, in terms of mis-interpretations and unrecognized/unacknowledged biases. The concerning part of this is that most of these mistakes (or transgressions) make a study more publishable.
I have written a textbook (now in its 2nd edition) that attempts to help students avoid most of the problems. And I wrote a book (Confessions of a Recovering Economist) that more directly points to the mistakes economists make. All of this is part of an effort to move economics (and other fields using statistical analysis) towards being honest and trustworthy.
I live in Monterey, California (originally from Amherst, Massachusetts).
jeremyarkes [at] gmail
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