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Monday, January 14, 2013

New Blog Location: carolabinder.blogspot.com

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I have moved! Along with changing my name from Carola Conces to Carola Binder (my new married name), I have also changed my blog to carolabi...
Friday, August 24, 2012

What is a Catholic Voter to Do?

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It is ironic that in the 2012 election there are two Catholic Vice Presidential candidates and no good options for Catholic voters. The Wash...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Kitchen Sink Crisis: Tough Lessons from Home Economics

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Biodegradable Potatoware We should have seen it coming. Our kitchen sink was draining slower than usual. But nobody in the house took a...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Robustness

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I am beginning a self-study of the textbook Robustness by Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas Sargent (2008). My macro professor from last semeste...

Reflection on Two Years in Economics

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Today is the first day of the Fall 2012 semester. That means it has been two years since I have polished my nails. Before starting graduate ...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance

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I just made my flight reservations to and from Newark to attend the Princeton Initiative on Macro, Money and Finance in September. I'm ...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

The First Crash

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My list of books I want to read is too long already, but I couldn't resist stopping to browse in Half Price Books today, and once there,...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Reading Lists

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I took the economic history field exam today. Five essays in three hours meant a lot of rushed writing! I felt comfortable that I knew the s...
Monday, August 13, 2012

American Exceptionalism: A Sequel

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A few posts ago, I wrote about American Exceptionalism . For economic historians, this typically refers to the United States' industrial...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Field Exams

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My field exam in macro is on Monday and in history is on Wednesday. It is crunch time now! It is also exciting to see the new crop of first ...
Sunday, August 5, 2012

How to Rock at Attending Seminars

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Attending an economics seminar is not a passive endeavor. It took me two years of attending seminars to start to get the hang of how to atte...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

American Exceptionalism, Then and Now

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I am currently studying for my field exams in macroeconomics and economic history, which are on August 13 and 15. At Berkeley, we take field...
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