
Gender socially constructed; parents can’t make kids say please, thank you despite 24/7 access for 20 years
11 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: behavioral genetics, child psychology, evolutionary psychology, personality psychology
Angus Deaton on when the surgeon-general quit smoking
09 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of smoking

The Science Behind How the Body Clears #COVID19 | @WSJ
07 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
Why Is It So Hard to Let Go of Grudges?
06 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology
NHS comes top with only one black mark
06 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, health economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British politics, health insurance, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Anti-science @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens @oxfam @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
04 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: anti-GMOs movement, Anti-Science left, anti-vaccination movement, climate alarmists, pessimism bias, philosophy of science, regressive left, vaccines

What the Bungled Response to HIV Can Teach Us About Dealing With Covid-19 | Retro Report
03 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
#COVID19 Is A Reallocation Shock: Barrero, Bloom and Davis 25 June
29 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, macroeconomics

From “COVID-19 Is Also A Reallocation Shock” with Jose Maria Barrero and Nick Bloom, 5 May 2020. Updated and expanded on 25 June 2020. Prepared for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Slides | CNBC Interview | Chicago Booth Review | Free Exchange (The Economist) | Brookings | Webinar
Men are stronger
26 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health economics, sports economics Tags: gender gap, political correctness, regressive left







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