
George Stigler on the working class voting with thier feet
26 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, George Stigler, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration, The Great Enrichment

Richard Epstein’s preferred Human Rights Act
25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of information, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Richard Epstein Tags: British politics, racial discrimination, sex discrimination

Thomas Sowell Slams the Equality Myth
25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, labour economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: The fatal conceit
Norwegians are a bunch of nosey parkers @women_nz @NZHumanRights @EricCrampton
24 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: economics of privacy, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Down and out in America
24 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, The Great Enrichment

Jordan Peterson: workaholic men in positions of power
22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, entrepreneurship, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, superstars
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

From https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/29/14112084/war-on-poverty-brooklyn-great-society
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



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