I also contacted Penny Goldberg, a professor of economics at Yale University and editor of the American Economic Review, to ask if she could think of any joke, any tiny moment of amusement, one solitary witticism that has passed across her desk. Anything, even if it was rejected.
Ms. Goldberg, confirming the reputation of the dismal science in six sad words, wrote back: "I’m afraid nothing comes to mind."
via chronicle.com
