Academic

While we're blithely looking at rankings, you might be interested in this top young economist list over at IDEAS.  You've probably heard that the graduate programs are increasingly international, and that is reflected in the rankings, but to this casual empiricist, the interesting thing is the sort of international that they are.  I could be missing something, but these people largely seem like they are from one continent: Europe.  Most of them teach here of course.  And some of those Marcs and Michaels might be Americans. But you rarely hear about Old European economic puissance over our own domestics and the young tigers of East Asia and the Middle East.  Maybe you should be.  Anywhere, here's the top 25 to whet your appetite: