From https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/29/14112084/war-on-poverty-brooklyn-great-society
Why the war on poverty failed — and what to do now – John McWhorter
19 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: racial discrimination
Doesn’t this definition collapse under is own weight is Asians outperform the dominant group?
18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination, sex discrimination
On the practical irrelevance of moral philosophers (activists and even feminists) to social reform
18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
No wage premium for bilingualism. Lack of fluency in dominant language carries a wage penalty for migrants and indigenous peoples.
17 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: economics of languages
Is there an upper limit for #Fightfor15 logic for further pay rises? What if they are wrong?
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, survivor principle
If wages go up under the minimum wage increase but employment does not fall, where does the extra output and revenue come from to cover the greater payroll bill?
Friedman Fundamentals: What We Learned About 70% Tax Rates 50 Years Ago
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
Policy Briefs: Edward Lazear On How To Reduce Income Inequality
12 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, health economics, income redistribution, international economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: 2020 presidential election
Why do Chinese British women earn more than white British men? White privilege?
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination
Why the positive discrimination in favour of Indian and Chinese British?
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination
Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
08 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in poverty and inequality Tags: The Great Enrichment
Structural & police racism in neighbouring ethnic enclaves in NYC @sst_nz @NZHumanRights. (Racists can’t tell 2nd gen. West Indians apart from other blacks when discriminating and oppressing)
05 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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