While most economic debates are about as spicy as boiled potatoes, others generate a bit more heat. A recent stir fell into the second category, in response to a new study of junior academics angling for jobs in economics. Participants knew they were part of an experiment, but not that some would get more social media promotion from “influencers” than others. (Economics influencers that is — Kylie Jenner does not care about your robustness checks.)
雖然大多數(shù)經(jīng)濟(jì)辯論就像煮熟的土豆一樣平淡無味，但有些辯論卻引發(fā)了更多的熱議。最近的一場風(fēng)波就屬于這種情況，是對(duì)一項(xiàng)關(guān)于經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)初級(jí)學(xué)者爭取工作的新研究的回應(yīng)。參與者知道他們是實(shí)驗(yàn)的一部分，但不知道有些人會(huì)比其他人獲得更多來自“影響者”的社交媒體推廣。（這里的“影響者”指的是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)領(lǐng)域的——?jiǎng)P莉?詹納(Kylie Jenner)可不關(guān)心你的穩(wěn)健性檢查。）