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At the year's biggest economics conference, gender issues were the main event.
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Last weekend, we flew to Atlanta for the year's biggest event in economics, the annual gathering of the American Economic Association. There were thousands of economists there. It's a must-attend event for econ nerds, and we try to go every year. (If you haven't heard our show about Robert Smith and Adrian Ma's visit two years ago, it's here.)

Hundreds of economists present papers at the conference, but there was a

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