Robert Trivers: Parental Investment, Reciprocal Altruism, Self-Deception
05 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, health economics Tags: evolutionary psychology
Question for @AOC @BernieSanders @jeremycorbyn
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Cuba, Hong Kong, The Great Enrichment
Competition Law and the Free Market – The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself – Easterbrook, Ginsberg and Manne
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in applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: competition law
Marianne Bertrand on helicopter parenting driving the gender wage gap at the top end of town
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in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of fertility, gender wage gap
Transgender Athletes | Jordan Peterson & Joe Rogan
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in discrimination, gender, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, sports economics
A reality check on renewables – David MacKay
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nuclear power, solar power, The fatal conceit, wind power
Free to Grow | John H. Cochrane
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in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking
Pinker’s course on Rationality online—for free
04 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
I didn’t realize that Steve Pinker was teaching a general-education course on Rationality at Harvard, nor did I know that it was livestreamed—for free. All of us can watch this course, and I’ll be tuning in from time to time. Here’s the relevant tweet with the link.
Today’s lecture begins with one of my favorite songs (and presumably Steve’s): “Reason to Believe”—the Rod Stewart version. I guess he precedes each lecture with a song, which is a great idea. From that I’ll be able to discern his taste in music.
Anyway, I’m watching this lecture at lunchtime (today’s topic: “Why should we follow reason”?), and you may want to peek in. A screenshot:
When you go to the lecture page, you’ll see a small video screen in the…
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The Problem With Political Correctness – Authentic JP
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in economics of media and culture Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Is slow growth the new normal?
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in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice Tags: Eurosclerosis
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