Psychologists admit that by pushing "implicit bias" they have foisted a big cash destruction machine on society that won't go away easily. pic.twitter.com/zNFlb32yaE
— Rolf Degen (@DegenRolf) June 5, 2017
This Cash cow for psychologists will last for years despite being wrong from the start
20 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, labour economics Tags: cognitive psychology, implicit bias, racial discrimination, sex discrimination
Iranian Woman Applies Fake Beard to Attend Soccer Match Where Women Are Forbidden
02 May 2018 1 Comment
in discrimination, gender Tags: Iran, sex discrimination
Great critique of unconscious-bias training by Tetlock
22 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
Don’t do much for the value of diversity in management
20 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, labour economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: co-worker discrimination, sex discrimination
Sowell – The Myth of Proportional Racial and Gender Distribution
03 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, racial discrimination, sex discrimination
Is this the solution to implicit bias?
13 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: customer discrimination, employee discrimination, employer discrimination, sex discrimination
Harvey Weinstein: Sexual assault in 2017 | FACTUAL FEMINIST
06 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics Tags: political correctness, sex discrimination, sexual harassment
Conversations with History: Gary Becker
20 Sep 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, Gary Becker, labour economics Tags: racial discrimination, sex discrimination
Iranian Women March Against Hijab and Islamic Laws – March 8, 1979
28 May 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism Tags: Iran, political correctness, sex discrimination, The Age of Enlightenment, women's liberation
Sociologist documents what Gary Becker knew in 1957
12 May 2017 Leave a comment
Source: Pager, Devah. 2016. “Are Firms that Discriminate More Likely to Go Out of Business?” Sociological Science (September):849-859. PDF
But @NZLabour must be guilty of racism if it uses its own evidence standards
03 May 2017 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, politics - New Zealand Tags: affirmative action, implicit bias, New Zealand Labour Party, political correctness, racial discrimination, racism, sex discrimination, sexism, unconscious bias
Prominent New Zealand Labour Party stalwart Sunny Kaushal has resigned from the Party amidst allegations of hostilities and bullying from Party Membership and Party Hierarchy.
With the growing use of arguments about unconscious bias, it is near impossible to rebut an accusation of racism.
Certainly, once the accusation is spit at you, the onus is on you to prove to a stranger who never met you before beyond reasonable doubt that you are not a racist. One misfortunate glance, a raised eyebrow, a jumbled sentence is enough to undo a life of principle
Unconscious bias is the main driver of the gender wage gap if my betters are to be believed. Why not racism? What is the view of the New Zealand Labour Party on unconscious bias in proving racial discrimination and pay inequity?
The Labour Party wants to reverse the onus of proof in sexual assault trials. Certainly these standards should filter down into civil proceedings and pub conversations.
The Labour Party must be a cauldron of sexism if the only way it can get gender balance in caucus is quotas. Why is racism not any less insidious within Labour decision-making than sexism?
Discrimination—a mountain of evidence and no solutions
08 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics, gender, labour economics Tags: racial discrimination, sex discrimination
Dissenting opinion in the Fourth Circuit case on transgender students and restrooms
02 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, liberalism Tags: moral panic, political correctness, sex discrimination, social friction, transgender people
Until a few months ago, there is universal agreement particularly among women that men should not be allowed into female bathrooms and change rooms. There are relatively few transgender people according to New York at times estimates, and few had heard of them until recently to discriminate against them in long-standing bathroom arrangements.
This is not a case of sex discrimination. It is some people being rather unusual and not fitting into arrangements that suit everybody else. These arrangements regarding bathrooms, change rooms and privacy were crafted with absolutely no malice or hostility towards those who find them inconvenient such as transgender people. You just cannot please everybody.
There are certainly hostility and indeed violence against transgender people. That violence is by a minority full of hate looking for someone to hate on any criteria. There are some people are not nice and who take pleasure in being nasty and at times violent towards other people. That is separate from managing the long-standing human preference for bodily privacy.
Opposing discrimination is about telling people to stop being an arsehole. They have preferences about who they deal with that are appalling and mean. The segregation of bathrooms and changing rooms by sex is about a fundamental human desire for bodily privacy.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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