Jamin Speer
@jaminspeer.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Memphis
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jaminspeer/
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jaminspeer/
How to choose a department chair:
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How to choose a department chair:
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
New short working paper out!
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New short working paper out!
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
My Larry Summers story is that I was once at a reception with cake and we couldn’t reach the cake because Summers’ huge butt was in the way as he leaned on the table.
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My Larry Summers story is that I was once at a reception with cake and we couldn’t reach the cake because Summers’ huge butt was in the way as he leaned on the table.
Reposted by Jamin Speer
Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?
I love Seattle but it’s a freaking long way for most people for a conference. Seems wasteful.
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I love Seattle but it’s a freaking long way for most people for a conference. Seems wasteful.
Someone emailed me to ask to see my syllabus for the spring.
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Someone emailed me to ask to see my syllabus for the spring.
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
It's weird that I got rejected because chatgpt told me my paper was Excellent!
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's weird that I got rejected because chatgpt told me my paper was Excellent!
Me: This paper is bad, reject it.
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Me: This paper is bad, reject it.
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
*whispers* Maybe flying around the world for conferences is kind of wasteful anyway
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
*whispers* Maybe flying around the world for conferences is kind of wasteful anyway
Paper where the childless sample gets an extra hour of sleep and the parent sample is awake at 5.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Paper where the childless sample gets an extra hour of sleep and the parent sample is awake at 5.
We're not hiring, but I can shill for our friends down the street at Rhodes College. They have a cool dept, great students, and Memphis is a cool and affordable place to live! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We're not hiring, but I can shill for our friends down the street at Rhodes College. They have a cool dept, great students, and Memphis is a cool and affordable place to live! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
I know there are people who track the number of job openings on JOE, but is anyone tracking how many of them are post docs? It seems like a lot this year.
October 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I know there are people who track the number of job openings on JOE, but is anyone tracking how many of them are post docs? It seems like a lot this year.
Took 3 days
Submitted a paper today! Feeling great. Check back with me in 2 weeks when I will feel like quitting.
October 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Took 3 days
Submitted a paper today! Feeling great. Check back with me in 2 weeks when I will feel like quitting.
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Submitted a paper today! Feeling great. Check back with me in 2 weeks when I will feel like quitting.
I will cite your paper if you send me $20.
My university sent out a message about Donations for Citations, and I initially thought it was a way to up your Google Scholar metrics.
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I will cite your paper if you send me $20.
Successfully cut a 5000-word paper to 2000 words today by cutting all the stuff the referees didn't like.
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Successfully cut a 5000-word paper to 2000 words today by cutting all the stuff the referees didn't like.
Logged on here just to see @imbernomics.bsky.social’s posts about the Jets
October 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Logged on here just to see @imbernomics.bsky.social’s posts about the Jets
I love football. But I just cannot believe there are people in the world with millions and billions of dollars who can’t find anything better to do then covering the buyout for their team‘s football coach.
October 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I love football. But I just cannot believe there are people in the world with millions and billions of dollars who can’t find anything better to do then covering the buyout for their team‘s football coach.
I wrote a paper almost 10 years ago with very different results from what I am now getting and I'm trying to write in the new paper "yeah ignore that Speer guy, that last paper sucked".
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I wrote a paper almost 10 years ago with very different results from what I am now getting and I'm trying to write in the new paper "yeah ignore that Speer guy, that last paper sucked".
Real economists probably work hard while the long .do file is running but I am then not a real economist.
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Real economists probably work hard while the long .do file is running but I am then not a real economist.
So I'm on my first sabbatical after 11 years and it's amazing. I'm writing allllllll the papers.
You should try it!
Wait, some of you get this every 3 years or so, why don't you have 28000 papers?
You should try it!
Wait, some of you get this every 3 years or so, why don't you have 28000 papers?
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So I'm on my first sabbatical after 11 years and it's amazing. I'm writing allllllll the papers.
You should try it!
Wait, some of you get this every 3 years or so, why don't you have 28000 papers?
You should try it!
Wait, some of you get this every 3 years or so, why don't you have 28000 papers?
In the age of AI, legit wondering if I can get away with making their entire grade "showing up every day without a computer or phone and listening". Maybe some pop quizzes too?
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In the age of AI, legit wondering if I can get away with making their entire grade "showing up every day without a computer or phone and listening". Maybe some pop quizzes too?
Hello all, nice to see some old names & faces from the old site. Hope you are doing well. Hang in there.
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello all, nice to see some old names & faces from the old site. Hope you are doing well. Hang in there.