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Useful Links For the Apprentice in Economics

How to Study for Economics?
George Akerlof's December 2003 convocation speech at Cal - Trained to be a Hero (what undergraduate education is about)
George Akerlof's Advice to New Graduate Students (what PhD education is about).
David Romer's Golden Rules for graduate students
Susan Athey's Advice for Applying to Grad School in Economics.
David Laibson's Advice to Job Market Candidates (PhDs)
Mullainathan and Thaler's Brief Introduction to Behavioral Economics
Martha Olney's 11 Steps to An Honors Thesis for Cal students
Don Davis's PhD Thesis Research - Where Do I start?
Michael Kremer's Checklist for Writing Papers
John Cochrane's Writing Tips for PhD Students
Greg Mankiw's Advice for Aspiring Economists, Why Aspiring Economists Need Math, Which Math Courses Should An Aspiring Economist Take?
For my thesis or ISM students, read Strunk and White's The Elements of Style or Joseph M. Williams's Style: Toward Clarity and Grace or William Zinsser's On Writing Well and Edward Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Disclaimer: These resources are provided as a public service. Please don't ask me for more advice.