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Got into a mildly heated argument w/ a center-left family member earlier today about the “gender pay gap” - but I held my ground.
I went back & double-checked my claims (I always do!) and found out that the “gender pay gap” as its presented by the mainstream press & in the media zeitgeist is in fact so flimsy that even... See more
Hypothesis 1: The "golden age" hypothesisThe "golden age" hypothesis says there are one or more "golden ages" from the past that were superior at producing innovation compared to today. Perhaps understanding and restoring what worked about those "golden ages" would lead to an explosion in creativity today.
Holden Karnofsky • Where's Today's Beethoven?
“cliometrics” or economic history.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Thomas Sowell
en.wikipedia.org • Thomas Sowell - Wikipedia
George Stigler, a thirty-five-year-old economist at the University of Minnesota. Inflation had diluted the 40-cent minimum wage, and people were calling for an increase to 60 or even 75 cents an hour, which translates to $9.51 and $11.88 in June 2022 dollars. “Economists have not been very outspoken on this type of legislation,” Stigler wrote. “It
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Poverty, by America
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
amazon.com
