ok so the whole idea of pursuing a phd seems like one big joke. turns out that it demands everything i either dont already have or would never want to get into. a phd in econ means devoting another 5 years of your life to differential equations, real analysis, calculus and all the other conceivable mathematical junk. algebra in economics repulses me...i always skip the mathematical explanations to any argument...i feel they ususally serve the apologetic function when one ceases to make a point. for all those who think they love maths and think that i'm perhaps mathematically challenged- i would urge you to pick up a simple book on mathematical introduction to economics and then let me know how appealing you find it. trust me, i thought i loved maths...but this aint the mathematics u and i would want to be associated with.

the irony is that most solutions to economic problems do not require complex regressional analysis...just plain common sense...why o why are we making this beautiful subject an increasingly isolated discipline...

so i don't know where to go again...i dont want to get me a feelingless 9-10 corporate job and now this seems like a bigger nightmare!