Other Things Equal: The Insanity of Letters of Recommendation

In this column, Deirdre McCloskey argues that the practice of letters of recommendation is insane. The only correct procedure for assessing scholarship in hiring or promotion is for the responsible body to read the candidate's work and discuss its intellectual quality with immediate colleagues, in a context of believably disinterested assessments from the outside.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	McCloskey, Deirdre N.
Published in:	Eastern Economic Journal. - Eastern Economic Association - EEA, ISSN 0094-5056. - Vol. 28.2002, 1, p. 137-140
Publisher:	Eastern Economic Association - EEA
Subject:	Economics

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	A10 - General Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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