... my ass. In the Winter 2009 Region Focus feature article "Ballpark Boom" (PDF) I'm described simply as "an economist" on page 27:
Bruce Johnson of Centre College in Kentucky has done some of that research. He worked with an economist to determine what people in Lexington, Ky., would pay for a new arena for the University of Kentucky basketball team and for a new minor league baseball stadium.
The last time I was simply "an economist" was around 1994. During that year I became known as "the economist who says and does silly things." This lasted for a number of years. Since March 15, 2007 I've been known as "a very famous sports economist."
The worst part is that Kentucky is not even in the Fed's 5th District:
The Richmond Fed is one of 12 Reserve Banks that, together with the
Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve
System. Our region takes in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, the District of Columbia and most of West Virginia. Our
offices are in Richmond, Baltimore and Charlotte.
I think there should be a Federal Regulation, the people who work for the Fed's magazines should only interview people IN THEIR OWN DANG FED DISTRICT.
Note: I'll relive the suffering of indignity in the next issue of my alumni magazine. I'm sure.
