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
*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
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
The 10 Most Dangerous Movie Productions in History
16 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, movies
*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
Milton Friedman on Donahue #2
03 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment
WHAT DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM DOES TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
24 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, growth disasters, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Sweden
The Bill That Killed Freelance
14 Nov 2022 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights
Early man hunters safety class
29 Oct 2022 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, occupational choice
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%
Another gender gap
30 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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