The Worst Possible Thing That Could Happen to a Young Economist...

Emi Nakamura

The hack Paul Krugman announces to the world that you have a lot of potential.

One of my favorite young macroeconomists receives the Clark Medal, which is harder to get than a Nobel. Yay! https://t.co/mMG9TupPYR

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 1, 2019

Naturally, Nakamura is an "empirical macroeconomist." This means, at best, she may be a talented economic historian. At worst, it means she has no clue as to the fundamental nature of the methodology of the social sciences.

-RW