<p>Well, we’re not talking about MBA’s, we’re talking about PhD’s in Business.</p>
<p>*But IN GENERAL, business is more applied. *</p>
<p>Again, and ugh…this is like talking to a brick wall…it DEPENDS. Very few economists are pure economic theorists. Fields such as Labor, Public, International - both trade and finance, Macro to some extent, Monetary, Finance, Develeopment, and a good bit of IO are all applied areas or have substantial applied portions. The point is that there is an awful lot of applied economics.</p>
<p>And yet you’ve failed to demonstrate the opposite.</p>
<p>And once again, I’m not claming the opposite. You claimed that a PhD in business provides graduates with better placement relative to that of economics PhD programs. I questioned that.</p>
<p>I am simply stating opinions, as are you.</p>
<p>If you’re statating opinions, it would behoove you to preface such comments accordingly. However, you seem to state a lot of things as if they were gospel. </p>
<p>So why do you demand that standard of proof in others?</p>
<p>Not all others. Just you. And just on this point. Don’t write checks your a$$ can’t cash. If you can’t substantiate your claims with any outside source then your claim is dubious. I don’t substantiate my claims in every post because that’s inefficient. I can, however. That’s the difference.</p>
<p>*Oh? Have you proved that? *</p>
<p>Yes. I posted a link to Harvard’s placements. Perhaps you should go back and read it. Here’s more for you to chew on:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.econ.yale.edu/graduate/placement/outcomes.htm[/url]”>http://www.econ.yale.edu/graduate/placement/outcomes.htm</a></p>
<p>Note the placements in places like: Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Policy, McKinsey and Company, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Public Health School, Boston Consulting Group, Lehman Brothers, Vanguard, Department of Justice Antitrust Division, UNC (Health Policy), TKI Consulting, Medstat Group, and numerous business schools, and many more consulting and finance positions.</p>
<p>So yes, I have proved it. Took me all of 30 seconds too.</p>
<p>I would contend that business has a stronger growth path.</p>
<p>Can you back that up?</p>
<p>* Do you have empirical proof to demonstrate what you have stated in that post? *</p>
<p>Yep.</p>
<p>You may say that my posts are unclear and unproven, but frankly, neither are yours, and neither are anybody’s. That’s the point.</p>
<p>No, I’ve proven my case. You’ve talked out of your a$$. That’s the point.</p>