
Richard Posner (1997) on critical race theory
17 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Posner Tags: Age of Enlightenment, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left

Wealth taxes debate
17 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, wealth taxes
How Did Ancient Philosophers Make Money?
15 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality
Jason Brennan and Larry Temkin on Capitalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
12 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Joseph Schumpeter, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, survivor principle, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: capitalism and freedom
Bryan Caplan on Marxism, Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism
12 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle
Gender socially constructed; parents can’t make kids say please, thank you despite 24/7 access for 20 years
11 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: behavioral genetics, child psychology, evolutionary psychology, personality psychology
But @NZHumanRights refutes @KaraninaSumeo; pay transparency doesn’t matter to gender wage gap if few bargain outside of big end of town
08 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

From https://www.hrc.co.nz/news/new-research-reveals-large-number-kiwis-are-experiencing-unequal-pay/
Bryan Caplan – Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids – 2010 Forsyth Lecture
02 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of love and marriage, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality Tags: behavioral genetics
Assimilation and aborginal prosperity
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: Canada, racial discrimination

More on reservations as backwaters
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Canada, racial discrimination

Indian reservations are pockets of poverty
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of education, economics of regulation, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: racial discrimination

Jordan Peterson Debunks White Privilege
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: pessimism bias, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left



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