What Are We Not Doing When We’re Online Scott Wallsten NBER Working Paper No. 19549Issued in October 2013NBER Program(s): PR The Internet has radically transformed the way we live our lives. The net changes in consumer surplus and economic activity, however, are difficult to measure because some online activities, such as…
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10/20/13: A good piece on the Duck’s alcohol promoting billboards. And an Open letter to the class of 2017 passes on some hard-won advice to our incoming freshman. I’ll add it to my syllabus for next fall. Then there’s an interesting cost-benefit analysis of a fake ID. You might also enjoy this piece on the…
10/20/13: Thanks to a curious janitor for the file. The office cleaning schedule for UO’s top administrators? The 8×10 faculty offices? Once a week: Whatever, it’s mostly just empty cups from Cafe Roma. But the day care center? Just on Wednesdays: Now that’s a bit scary.
10/19/13: “They think I have damaged the image of the school of economics and … University.” Oh wait, that’s in China. Whew. The NY Times has the story.
Update: WSU President Elson Floyd on leadership and his voluntary pay cut: Leadership: I believe very strongly in leadership by example-in working very hard at what we do-and I work hard to inculcate those values at our institution every day. When we faced the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, all…
10/18/13. For administrators like Robin Holmes, and coaches. And of course we’ve got millions for deadwood administrators. Another million for Sharon Rudnick and her consultants. $2.4M for the Portland White Stage lease. $350K a year to rent the Presidential Skybox at Autzen from Rob Mullens. $500K from academics to pay…
10/17/2013: Victor Flores has the story in the ODE. $1500 for a party? I’m guessing the food and drink bill for the average meeting of Jim O’Fallon’s NCAA Committee on Infractions is quite a bit more than $1500 – money they get from not paying their athletes.
10/16/2013: News here. Not clear if that will get him another bowl game junket. Our President’s Org Chart is getting crowded.7/3/2013: Lorraine Davis is Coltrane’s special assistant? Geller still in the game, Bean is gone, his gig writing the UO Board’s bylaws doesn’t merit a box:
10/16/13 Update: President delivers fact filled speech to Senate, announces strategic plan, end to athletic subsidies! Pac-12 media contract revenues from ESPN/FOX, our Pac-12 network partners, the new Rose Bowl agreement and the new College Football Championship agreement will substantially increase funding for athletics. In several years, there will be…
10/15/2013: Great news from the RG for UO and the library. Pres Gottfredson fronted $1M to make it happen. Hard to imagine a more interesting or important collection. I have to point out that Kesey couldn’t make it as UO faculty these days, what with our administration’s new Drug and Alcohol policy.
Update: To clarify my original headline “Journalism Dean Tim Gleason replaced unexpectedly with Julie Newton”, while it was common knowledge Gleason would step down, I didn’t expect him to do so until a permanent Dean was hired. See the June ODE story here: Jim Bean restarts search for a new…
10/14/13: 300 baud, full duplex. Dial-up pool info here. 10/13/13: During the union bargaining Jamie Moffitt said the faculty would have to choose between raises to get us to our comparators, or wifi. Seems like we got neither. The RG has a great photo, and details from Diane Dietz: Capacity is…
10/14/2013 update: That would be President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. The Chronicle has the story.9/16/2013 update: InsideHigherEd reports on UO Academic Freedom fight UO’s free speech fight has gone global. Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed broke the story on Thursday, then CUNY’s Cory Robin posted his take on his blog and on the popular Crooked Timber (tagline:…
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10/14/2013: Those who sat through the Lariviere firing meeting up in Portland will remember the gutless Jim Francesconi filing into the bathroom with Pernsteiner to do the deed in secret. He now sees his main chance in the resignation of Jeff Cogen after a sex scandal. In the announcement, Francesconi…