Pirates & the Theory of the Firm – Intro to Political Economy, Lecture17 Mike Munger
10 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
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High ability robbers (e.g. remembers to have a gun, mask, getaway car) stay long in banks & are deterred by longer sentences @sst_nz
07 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
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Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
04 Dec 2018 1 Comment
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Robert Lucas wrote a 1978 paper predicting less self-employment because of rising wages
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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Kate Andrews debates the the UK gender wage gap on BBC’s Daily Politics
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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Yet another gender gap
20 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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An underdiscussed example of the Dunning-Kruger effect
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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Lesser known Swedish gender gaps
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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Central planning on steroids
13 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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These numbers are so all over the place as to be unreliable
12 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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Equal Pay Day: Unravelling the victimhood narrative
10 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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More gender gaps
07 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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