@MeganTStevenson@JeffDenning @imbernomics @john_voorheis Agreed. A lack of "risky" candidates could affect the research portfolio and have damaging effects on knowledge creation and dissemination.
@JeffDenning @imbernomics @john_voorheis The threat of tenure loss, even if actual tenure removal is employed infrequently, could have a chilling effect and deter scholars from underrepresented groups or scholars that teach or research topics that are deemed undesirable.
If you are an URM Economic PhD student that is close to finishing or know of such students, then please consider presenting in @AEACSMGEP
dissertation session at #ASSA2024. Send nominations or self-nominations to me.
This tendency to "Privatize Profits and Socialize Losses" is systemic. Financial institutions surely incorporate this into their "risk assessment strategy".