James Flynn on Universities: “To even discuss the issue shows you’re a racist.”
27 Jul 2021 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of media and culture, health and safety, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: IQ
Jordan Peterson: IQ debate
27 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: IQ, political correctness, regressive left
Charles Murray — The Bell Curve Revisited in 2014
13 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: conjecture and refutation, IQ, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left
More from the Blank Slate on the anti-science left
21 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, energy economics, health economics, history of economic thought, law and economics Tags: Anti-Science left, IQ
Why tertiary education is ‘out of reach for many’
24 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, rentseeking Tags: Director's Law, IQ, rational irrationality, social justice warriors
The majority of New Zealanders do not qualify for university. Perhaps Labour and the Greens should spend more time worrying about those who do not achieve university entrance standard.
Source: School leavers with NCEA level 3 or above | Education Counts.
Anyone who achieve university entrance standard is among the intellectual elite. They have a head start in life. Labour and the Greens are preoccupied with giving those with a head start in life more freebies.
An under-emphasised fact in education policy
07 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: IQ
Should everybody go to college? Could everybody go to college?
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, economics of personality traits, education premium, IQ
Are humans getting cleverer?
06 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, technological progress Tags: Flynn effect, IQ
…if the Americans of 100 years ago took today’s tests, they would have an average IQ of 70 – the recognised cut-off for people with intellectual disabilities. To put it another way, IQ has been rising at roughly three points per decade.
HT: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31556802
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