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- The Weinstein case: is #Metoo delivering justice? by Paul Frijters 26/02/2020
- Intellectual authoritarianism: The Golden Age of Female Philosophy Edition by Nicholas Gruen 24/02/2020
- Vale Holden: I told you so edition by Nicholas Gruen 18/02/2020
- Erwin Fabian: RIP by Nicholas Gruen 16/02/2020
- Honours: 2020 by Nicholas Gruen 11/02/2020
- Trust and the competition delusion: A new frontier for political and economic reform by Nicholas Gruen 10/02/2020
- Defending independence in the age of deep spin by Nicholas Gruen 09/02/2020
- The Wage Penalty of Regional Accents by Nicholas Gruen 03/02/2020
- Brexit is not ‘Tot ziens’ (bye bye). by Paul Frijters 02/02/2020
- Effects of the Minimum Wage on Child Health by Nicholas Gruen 29/01/2020
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Author Archives: Nicholas Gruen
Effects of the Minimum Wage on Child Health
Effects of the Minimum Wage on Child Health George Wehby, Robert Kaestner, Wei Lyu, and Dhaval M. Dave #26691 Abstract: Effects of the minimum wage on labor market outcomes have been extensively debated and analyzed. Less studied, however, are other … Continue reading
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
These are some quick notes on listening to a Libravox recording of Chapter Three of Keynes’ Economic Consequences of the Peace the text of which can be found here. I was stunned at how good it was. It was like … Continue reading
The poverty of intellectual correctness – Part One: Neo-Darwinism
I wrote this essay a few years ago as part one of a two-part article that would illustrate some parallels between intellectual authoritarianism in neo-Darwinism and in neoclassical economics. In some ways my response to Paul Krugman’s response to me … Continue reading
Corporate Social Policy Responsibility
CSR, shared value and its old establishment incarnation, pro bono work, arose from the old sense of noblesse oblige. Actually I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how it arose, but I thought I’d begin this post with a bit of … Continue reading
The framing wars: Have the elites gone off on frolics of their own unsupported by the community?
Are you pro-choice or pro-life? Language like this shows us how fundamental framing has become to political combat. Political debate isn’t just ‘dumbed down’ or simplified. There’s a geography to the ground on which it’s fought and those with an … Continue reading
Oysters and institutions
I have extracted below a section that took my fancy from an academic article about the economist Neild, whom I’d not heard of previously. It is an interesting story on its own terms and a nice illustration of how unhelpful the … Continue reading
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#BoySplaining: How not to argue
The one thing I learned in my university education, the one thing that excited me, was the need for people to exercise real effort in understanding each other. The language we use is so full of shades of meaning and we’re … Continue reading
