Economist Defends PhD Training as Public Good, Faces Anonymous Backlash

Economist Afinetheorem argued that training PhD students is a public good given the high costs of small classes, advising and stipends, then complained of pile-ons from anonymous accounts and wished for an auto-block feature.

2026-11-11 ~ 2026-11-11 · 2 related posts

• The PhD training-cost debate continues: author yearns for an autoblock on anonymous accounts — Afinetheorem · 2026-11-11
• Economist pushes back: we train PhDs as a social good, training costs aren't an accounting fiction — Afinetheorem · 2026-11-11