Fortunately for that inertial part of me which is loath to go to the trouble of organizing the relevant data and arguments, Cambridge PhD candidates Vincent Harinam and Rob Henderson have done yeoman's work in this area already.
Prejudice isn’t Partisan
Note that the essential definition has everything to do with a perception of others that agglomerates them on the basis of shallow characteristics over which they have no control or choice.
A Brief Survey of the History of Economic Thought
[This is a second essay from an earlier semester. Unlike the first essay that was reproduced on Ignore This, this essay maintains both its bibliography and in-text citations. I think this is for the best given that I cite mostly books here, hyperlinks for which are difficult to obtain and which, in any event, would doubtless be confusing for readers because I know of no way to link directly to the relevant passages. Like the previous essay, though, the following has been only lightly edited.]
Regulation Tidbits
Oregon and Washington are merely symptomatic of a larger problem: government loves to grow, something that arguably draws the most public attention at the federal level.
Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?
I've only recently begun reading it in earnest, but I can already recommend this book, heartily--especially to anyone that finds its claims hard to believe, or who views the market as morally corrupting.
Time to Eliminate Tariffs
In short, trade benefits the poor. Meanwhile, the poor are disproportionately harmed by tariffs.
The Nonissue of Income Inequality
[I've written essays in semesters past that I've been meaning to post here. This is the longest of them. For ease of reading, I've removed the in-text citations and inserted the references as hyperlinks. In addition, I've made some (mostly minor) revisions in language in a few places. Otherwise, what you're about to read is what my professor graded me on.]
Income Mobility: A Visualization
In the mood for some good news?
Perry on the State of Income Inequality in 2018
Especially reassuring is the Census Bureau's finding that the ratio of annual income between the top and bottom quintiles falls from 17:1 to 3.2:1 when comparing the incomes of individual earners in those quintiles.
Jussim on Citation Bias
This citation bias toward "favor men" studies seems to indicate a preference among social scientists for the "women are victims" narrative that is quite prevalent on the political left. At the very least, it suggests a predilection for the career-advancing attention garnered by such findings.
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