THE KEY THING WOMEN LOOK FOR IN A MAN – William von Hippel | parental investment, mate selection, pair bonding and honest signals of quality

17 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of education, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, gender, health economics, human capital, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: , , ,

Thomas Sowell on hillbilly culture

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The wage premium from assimilation

16 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: ,

The case for help but hassle welfare reform

16 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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More Than Hair: A Look at New York’s New Anti-discrimination Law on natural hair or hairstyles

16 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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We need strong leadership to protect town criers, betamax and videostores from unfair competition!

15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, labour supply, unemployment

James Heckman on Gary Becker’s most profound insight

14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Huge population reductions are on the cards. Thankfully, the robots are coming for the many vacant jobs

14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics Tags:

The motherhood penalty

12 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Alfred Marshall on worker’s bargaining power and the union wage premium

10 Sep 2019 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, unions

From https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=1Y3UP9YoYpUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alfred+marshall&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrlI_HncHkAhXRWisKHQhSCm0Q6AEIODAC#v=onepage&q=alfred%20marshall&f=false

Role models are overrated

10 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Thomas Sowell Brings the World into Focus through an Economics Lens

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Would these tech giants ever have become superstars if their founders had to sell down their controlling interests years ago to pay their wealth taxes

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: , , ,

https://twitter.com/gabriel_zucman/status/1170002229996269568

Thomas Sowell – Race and Economics

07 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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@Greens want to bring back drownings

06 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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