How modern families increase social inequality | The Economist
19 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of love and marriage, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: assortative mating, dating market, marriage and divorce
The academic bias that dare not speak its name
18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: academic bias

Teenagers respond in sophisticated ways to long-term incentives
18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, graduate premium

More @MBIEgovtnz warnings of more homelessness under @JacindaArdern’s fairer tenancy laws
18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: anti-market bias, offsetting behaviour, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

The condescending left
18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, poverty and inequality, Thomas Sowell Tags: regressive left

Pessimism in a World of Increasing Abundance (Steven Pinker)
17 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of education, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, international economics, International law, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
Sex discrimination starts before sex is assigned at birth?!
16 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of love and marriage, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, law and economics Tags: abortion law reform, China, India, one child policy, political correctness

The Truth Cannot be Sexist – Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences
15 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, gender, health economics, human capital, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, gender wage gap, moral psychology
Are road accidents racist? What else explains the over-representation of maori?
15 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, politics - New Zealand, transport economics Tags: racial discrimination, road safety

Camille Paglia is asked about Jordan Peterson & the gender pronoun controversy
14 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in gender, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, regressive left
Feminism’s Biggest Blindspot Revealed | Cafe Classroom
12 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: political correctness, regressive left, women's liberation




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