Firing Line – Thomas Sowell w/ William F. Buckley Jr. (1981)
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The Case Against Education: Government Spending $1 Trillion a Year on Schooling Is a Waste
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The Most Dangerous Journey to School in the World …Little Kids Climbing a 2,624 Foot Cliff
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Sam Peltzman on Teacher’s Unions
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A politically correct art class
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More reasons why sociology is unsafe for campuses
31 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
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Charles Murray | Peter Thiel: College Education is a Disaster
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“College is a MASSIVE Waste!!” Tucker’s Interview with Bryan Caplan
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Steven Pinker: 5 Main Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities
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Who was the REAL Good Will Hunting? – Numberphile
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On the economics of “Acting White”
05 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

There is much to be learned from the economics and sociology of oppositional identities.

As Roland Fryer pointed out, what is most important to the average 13-year-old is to be popular. Among some minorities, being popular and being smart are not compatible.
My analysis confirms that acting white is a vexing reality within a subset of American schools.
But Fryer also found that “In predominantly black schools, I find no evidence at all that getting good grades adversely affects students’ popularity”





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