Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Preliminaries: The Lowdown on Academic Economics and Ph.D. Programs -- 2 Applying to Ph.D. Programs: It's Both What You Know and Who You Know -- 3 Getting Through First Year: Welcome to Boot Camp -- 4 Acing Second Year: Getting On with Graduate Life -- 5 Finding a Topic and an Advisor: Like Getting Married … to a Polygamist -- 6 Getting Distracted: TAing, RAing, and the Meaning of Life -- 7 Thrown In with the Sharks: Women and International Students -- 8 Getting a Job: Taking Your Show on the Road -- 9 Conclusion: The Ph.D. Economist-at-Large -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.