
Gang members motivated by small chance of future riches, not immediate gain @sst_nz @JustSpeakNZ @NZJusticeIdeas @actionstation
24 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economics of crime, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order

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 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
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
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
SNL destroys @SenWarren’s Medicare-for-all
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, envy, The fatal conceit, top 1%, wealth tax
Duflo and Banerje are a cross between Trump and crazy Bernie on economic populism
31 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: anti-foreign bias, economics of immigration, free trade







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