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Five tips to beat an Econ Consulting interview

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September 3, 2018

Last time I talked about why Economic Consulting (Econ Consulting) can be a great job out of undergrad. Posting about how good it is without giving you advice on how to actually get the job would ...

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Consulting help

Five reasons to do Econ consulting

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September 3, 2018

My posts related to consulting typically focus on management consulting, but having done an internship at Cornerstone Research I wanted to talk about why economic consulting can be great. Here are 5 reasons why I would recommend ...

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Features

Out of alignment: U.S. vision and strategy

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December 3, 2015

This post builds off of my previous posts about the concept of a “Conflict of Visions” written by Thomas Sowell. See the brief summary here or the in-depth explanation here. It also builds on my explanation of the ...

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Why politics frustrates you – the conflict of visions

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November 2, 2015

One of the more eye-opening books that I’ve read recently has been Thomas Sowell’s “A Conflict of Visions.” I have one or two things I want to say about it, but I’m going to need to give ...

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The Conflict of Visions explained

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November 1, 2015

My other post (found here) explains the essence of the two visions and should be read first. Here, I want to dive a little deeper into the implications of the different visions. I’ll offer a brief explanation ...

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Grounding radical change

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May 3, 2014

You may have previously read my piece that got published in the Marriott Student Review about Refining Porter’s Five Forces. I recently remembered that I had also written this guy for the MSR. This one wasn’t ...

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Rugged landscapes explained

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May 1, 2014

Coming up with good strategies can be really hard. In 1997, Daniel A. Levinthal wrote a paper called “Adaptation on Rugged Landscapes” explaining a bit about how life works and why it makes good strategy so difficult. ...

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Insight

Self Interested does not mean selfish

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January 1, 2013

When People Hear “Self-Interested,” They Often Think of Jerks “Self-interest” tends to be an ugly phrase among non-economists (particularly sociologists to my limited experience.) For many people it implies screwing other people over, taking advantage ...

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