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Australian male violence against women: what the statistics say (and the media should report)

David Walker
April 29, 2024December 4, 2024
Amid Australia's justified concern over male violence against women, it seems worth keeping in mind our achievements. Femicide, in particular, has more than halved in...
Cultural Critique Democracy Economics and public policy Ethics Gender

Critical race theory

Nicholas Gruen
June 26, 2021June 25, 2021
‘Critical race theory’ is the perfect villain Christopher Rufo https://vimeo.com/16717619 I wonder if I can keep this post short and sweet. Only by reminding myself...
Cultural Critique Economics and public policy Gender Philosophy Political theory

Surveillance capitalism is helping the disadvantaged: who knew?

Nicholas Gruen
May 31, 2021
Here's some claims about recent research on fintech and AI. Berg, Burg, Gombovic, and Puri (2018) suggest that digital footprints can help boost financial inclusion,...
Education Employment Gender History Inequality IT and Internet Media Parenting Public and Private Goods Science Social Uncategorized

Constant distractions are leading to major declines in top-level reasoning. What to do?

Paul Frijters
September 14, 2020September 16, 2020
Till 20 year ago, IQ scores in the West increased about 3 points per decade ever since the 1920s, a phenomenon known as the “Flynn...
Cultural Critique Ethics Gender History Politics - international Politics - national Social Policy Society

The Weinstein case: is #Metoo delivering justice?

Paul Frijters
February 26, 2020February 27, 2020
They got him! It cost millions of dollars in legal fees, and involved multiple trials, settlements, and dismissal of the worst charges, but they convicted...
Economics and public policy Education Gender History Philosophy Political theory

Intellectual authoritarianism: The Golden Age of Female Philosophy Edition

Nicholas Gruen
February 24, 2020October 27, 2021
[caption id="attachment_35624" align="aligncenter" width="500"] If you put the golden age of female philosophy into Google Images you get this. It has accordingly been selected as...
Economics and public policy Gender

The Wage Penalty of Regional Accents

Nicholas Gruen
February 3, 2020
The Wage Penalty of Regional Accents Jeffrey Grogger, Andreas Steinmayr, and Joachim Winter #26719 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk Abstract: Previous work has documented that speaking one’s native language...

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    Astrid Edwards, PhD Candidate and literary critic, The University of Melbourne
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    Rajeev Pillay, Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, University of Northern British Columbia
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    Gabriel Garcia Ochoa, Global Studies, Translation and Comparative Literature, Monash University