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Place-Based Productivity and Costs in Science
- dr_dshiv 4y agoJohnathan Gruber! Nice work
- bfung 4y agoI noticed that as well, thinking it might be the daringfireball.net / markdown guy, but checked the info: Author: https://www.nber.org/people/jonathan_gruber?page=1&perPage=50 https://www.nber.org/people/jonathan_gruber?page=1&perPage=5... vs. JOHN GRUBER https://daringfireball.net/contact/ https://daringfireball.net/contact/ Different john / jonathan grubers.
- setgree 4y agoThis is the Jon Gruber who got in trouble for his candid comments about Obamacare and the American voting public: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/us/politics/affordable-care-act-supporter-jonathan-gruber-ignites-fury-with-a-word-stupid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/us/politics/affordable-ca...
- analog31 4y agoLiving in the Midwest, there's a widespread rule of thumb that the only cities with prosperous economies include either a college, a hospital, or preferably both. Among other things, colleges create that agglomeration of scientists. It would be interesting to see how they count scientists, since a lot of people with science education end up working outside of science research.