Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Behavioral Science May Hold Some Keys to Climate Change
As we are often reminded, we urgently and drastically need to limit our use of one shared resource – fossil fuels – and its effect on another – the climate. But how realistic is this goal, both for national leaders and for us? Well, psychology may hold some answers.
Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Ian Quigg
In the final installment of the 10 top essays submitted to the ESRC reflecting on how a social science-influenced world will look in 2015, we present Ian Quigg’s ruminations on what capitalism will look like after another half century’s buffeting by the ‘perennial gale of creative destruction.’
What Does Social Science Predict for the Powerball Winner?
The answer sadly, is ruin. But if you’ve already beaten the odds once, maybe you can do so again …
A New Front in the Replication Wars: Economics
A sense of crisis is developing in economics after two Federal Reserve economists came to the alarming conclusion that economics research is usually not replicable.
The American Economist is Now Accepting Submissions!
You can now submit electronically to The American Economist through SAGE Track! As an official publication of Omicron Delta Epsilon, The International […]
Book Review: The Third Globalization: Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich in the Twenty-First Century?
The Third Globalization: Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich in the Twenty-First Century? Edited by Dan Breznitz, John Zysman . Oxford, UK and […]
Bridge-building Economist Angus Deaton Wins Nobel
The Nobel committee has awarded Princeton’s Angus Deaton ‘for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.’ But in fact, he was awarded for building bridges – between disciplines, between theory and reality, between people.
How Has Retailing Evolved?
From general stores to department stores and superstores, retailing has undergone significant changes in the past two centuries. In their article “The […]
