Interview with David Neumark on minimum wage
08 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: The fatal conceit
Vaccines are free so don’t blame poverty @DomPost
07 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty, infant mortality, vaccinations, vaccines

Women want workaholic men in positions of power
06 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, superstars
What Do Entrepreneurs Actually Do?
05 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of information, entrepreneurship, fisheries economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, superstar wages, superstars, top 1%
Why so much rule breaking?
01 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: law and order
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




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