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Behavioral Economics
I’m guest blogging for the Britannica website. Topic: Economists Agree?!
I’m guest blogging for the Britannica website. Topic: Economists Agree?!
May 8 2007
Russ Roberts, in this speech, offers a theory of political pandering. He suggests that politicians know that they are exaggerating problems, because the solutions they offer are so pathetic. If you really thought that all the gains in the economy over the past 30 years had gone to the top 1 percent, Roberts says, the...
May 8 2007
Arnold repeats an earlier argument against the signaling model of education: I don't believe the signalling story, because of the point Wilkinson makes. If it costs $200,000 for a person to go to an elite private school, and this does nothing other than provide a signal of the individual's ability, then there is a whal...
May 8 2007
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