The authors of the pop-culture books FREAKONOMICS and SUPERFREAKONOMICS (Steven D. Levitt and John A. List) state that “remarkable patterns” found in the data of the Hawthorne Experiment were proved to be “entirely fictional”. From the paper’s abstract:
Posts Tagged: University of Pennsylvania
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Dec 09
A Tale of Two Ivies
One of the more frustrating things about Obama’s economic team and policy has been the use of the same advisors who contributed to the conditions that made the Great Recession possible (Geithner, Summers, etc.).
Some schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania, saw the changing and challenging economic environment and shifted their investments accordingly. An earlier email by Penn President Amy Gutman (via Business Insider) detailed the investment strategy and operating cost-containment measures:
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Nov 08
In defense of Nick Miccarelli [Though not an endorsement].
There’s a Democratic-sponsored attack ad that is somewhat unfair to Ridley Park native, University of Pennsylvania graduate, and Army veteran of both Iraq and Bosnia that makes somewhat unfair and groundless criticism of 26-year old baby-faced Miccarelli.
The ad, which I’ve only seen aired once on local (Delco) cable-TV hits Miccarelli for inaction regarding actions, both Congressional and Presidential that had effect on Delaware County. The ad knocks Miccarelli for not taking action, either by advocating as leader of the College Republicans or as a campaign aid to intervene. Of course, this is unfair. In 2004, Miccarelli, although already a veteran, was merely 23, and serving on a variety of campaigns. Although he made have had access to a handful of political decisionmakers, the influence of Miccarelli was essentially no more than that of the average Delco constituent. Furthermore, the need to burnish his political resume and cultivate ideological bonafides means that he in no way could deviate from the company line.
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Oct 07
[Updated] College Republicans Bravely Fighting the Muslim Strawman Here so We Don’t Have To Fight Them There?
It wouldn't be Islam Awareness Week without Islamo-Facism Awareness Week. Perennial attention-whore and ivory-tower hater David Horowitz (Rightweb), in cooperation with former-Senator Rick Santorum (Rightweb) are traversing the country to make you aware of the Phantom Muslim Menace. Their plan brings IFAW to 26 campuses with 37 events, with a who's who of wingnuttery. You can 'learn' more about this travesty of logic at TerrorismAwareness, as if you had no idea what terrorism is…
Those Yellow Elephants sure are keeping their heads down, though. I see unbelievably low participation in the various IFAW-realted groups and events on Facebook. True to form, the shrieking harpies and hardcore wingnuts are not blaming their own failed ideologies for the lack of participation, but rather the usual suspects, the librul media, the secular universities, and other terrrahrist sympathizers. Alas, I see nothing on the RightWingFacebook stirring support either. Kids today…
