I came to know Luigi Achilli through his work on human smuggling, but he also spent a year living in a Palestinian refugee camp. What did he learn there? 644 more words
Palestine, Poverty, and Neoliberalism
Palestine, Poverty, and Neoliberalism
01 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, defence economics, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Middle-East politics
Tyler on Feminism: My Reply
29 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in labour economics, human capital, occupational choice, health and safety, gender, applied price theory, minimum wage, labour supply, economic history, economics of education, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
Last week, Tyler Cowen partially critiqued my new Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice. Here’s my reply, point-by-point. He’s in blockquotes; I’m not. 1,302 more words
Tyler on Feminism: My Reply
Aaronson on Feminism: My Reply
26 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: gender wage gap
Here’s my point-by-point reply to Scott Aaronson’s thoughts on Don’t Be a Feminist. He’s in blockquotes, I’m not. Hi Bryan, Sorry for the delay! I just finished reading your book. 1,251 more words
Aaronson on Feminism: My Reply
*Don’t Be a Feminist*: The Aaronson Critique
24 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
When misfortune strikes close to home, I try to avoid letting it cloud my judgment. Perhaps my family and friends are unrepresentative or unlucky. The fact that they suffer from Problem X does not show that Problem X is in fact important. 824 more words
*Don’t Be a Feminist*: The Aaronson Critique
Talking Poverty With Chris Arnade
20 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty
Chris Arnade is the storied author of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America. He’s also a very cool guy. Last October, we “debated” poverty for the Acton Institute, though it was really more of an… 78 more words
Talking Poverty With Chris Arnade
Reflections on Japan
19 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: Japan
Simon and I had a fantastic journey through Japan, or at least the east coast of Honshu. We started in Tokyo, then took bullet trains to Hiroshima, Himeji, Kyoto, and Mount Fuji before heading home. 1,504 more words
Reflections on Japan
Don’t Be a Feminist: The Montz Interview
17 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
Here’s another outstanding Rob Montz production, a wide-ranging interview on feminism, academia, and more. Granted, the video’s title (“Don’t Let Your Daughter Be a Feminist”) is a bit weird, because no one can actually withhold permission from anyone to believe an idea. 92 more words
Don’t Be a Feminist: The Montz Interview
*Don’t Be a Feminist*: Highlights
12 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
The title essay of Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice is called “Don’t Be a Feminist: A Letter to My Daughter.” While the book is a thematic selection of my best EconLog essays from 2005-2022, the first piece is entirely new. 871 more words
*Don’t Be a Feminist*: Highlights
The withering away of the middle class
04 Oct 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment
The Myth Of American Inequality
02 Oct 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: top 1%
NZ gender wage gap rounds down to zero?!
23 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
Good Intentions 1of3 Introduction and Public Schools with Walter Williams
13 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, racial discrimination
Walter Williams: Up From the Projects
12 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Walter Williams
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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