Why are socialists so often in error about facts that strike at the core of their opposition to capitalism?
19 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment
Gender segregated sociology today
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This updates a series of posts that have addressed gender in academic sociology, starting in 2011 and updated in 2015, along with various tweets (to see random fact tweets from me on Twitter, Google familyunequal “now you know”).
Gender in academic sociology is complicated because the profession is running pretty female these days, with more than half the U.S. PhDs going to women since 1994, and more than 60% overall since 1999. So although there are various kinds of exclusion, it’s not as simple as excluding women from the discipline, and the representation of women’s representation depends on the choice of denominators. For example, a recent report found that, in the top 100 U.S. sociology departments in 2012, women were 60% of the assistant professors, 54% of the associate professors, and 34% of the full professors. This probably reflects a combination of age and tenure, with this year’s…
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Harder, better, faster, stronger: why we must protect female sports
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In 1988, at the US Olympic trials in Indianapolis, Florence Griffith Joyner romped home in the female 100m quarterfinals to set a new world record of 10.49 seconds (1). This was an astonishing moment in female sports, and not just because of her (in)famous six inch long fingernails. In an event where records usually progress by mere 100ths of a second, she smashed the existing female world record time by nearly three 10ths (the previous holder was Evelyn Ashford, running 10.76s). The world went ‘Flo Jo’ crazy as they celebrated the ‘Fastest Woman Ever’, an accolade she still holds today, some 30 years on from the event and 20 years after her death.
10.49s. That 10.49 seconds stands as one of the oldest world records in athletics (2). The closest a female has ever got to it is Carmelita Jeter, with 10.64s in 2009. Marion Jones is recorded as the…
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Climate Change Nuisance Suits Federalist Society
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in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: nuisance suits
Nigeria is a huge oil exporter
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, growth disasters, Public Choice, public economics
How China solves holdout problems in construction
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in development economics, entrepreneurship, growth miracles Tags: cost overruns, megaprojects
An underdiscussed example of the Dunning-Kruger effect
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics
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