How much of 20th century growth were one-off productivity gains?
25 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice
Objections to women in the police, army and fire brigade because of differences in strength and aggression were shouted down in 80s & 90s
18 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation Tags: The fatal conceit
The Bill That Killed Freelance
11 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of religion, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: employment law
Black Americans Failed by Good Intentions: An Interview with Jason Riley
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Richard Epstein, “The Coming Meltdown in Labor Relations”
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, gender, health and safety, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, survivor principle, unions Tags: affirmative, employment law, racial discrimination, sex discrimination, union power, union wage premium
John McWhorter: America Has Never Been Less Racist
07 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: racial discrimination
In California, Protecting Workers Means Outlawing Their Jobs
06 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm, unions Tags: employment law, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
James Heckman on affirmative action
01 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics Tags: affirmative action, child poverty, family poverty, racial discrimination, The fatal conceit
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