Christina Hoff Sommers on the logic of feminism

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by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: ,

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Claudia Goldin on the lack of a gender wage gap when hubby earns less

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Cars are safer than before

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Why cities are full of uncomfortable benches

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by Jim Rose in transport economics, urban economics

What simple invention ended the Wild West?

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Why Are People So Much Taller Today Than Historically?

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Why Can’t We Just Kill Off Invasive Species?

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Proof We Landed on the Moon: It’s In the Dust

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The future isn’t renewables

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British Raj, cultural relativism and gender equality

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From Napier, William. (1851) History of General Sir Charles Napier’s Administration of Scinde, London: Chapman and Hall p. 35 at books.google.com.

If We Redistribute Income, Why Not Do the Same for Grades?

31 Mar 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory

Dan Mitchell's avatarInternational Liberty

I posted a joke about this last year, but this video makes the point much more effectively. When you tax and redistribute income or grades, you penalize those who achieve and work hard.

Kudos to the college kids who put this together. The message comes through loud and clear.

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Steven Pinker Ad

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Speaking of vagans

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Is nothing too trivial to be banned as hate speech?

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Steven Pinker: Four Themes of the Enlightenment

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