The Saddest Sentence I've Read Today Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Sep 22 2006 SHARE POST: was written by Rich Lowry. The key is stepped-up interior enforcement to cut off the jobs magnet that draws so many illegals here. My guess is that the adverse economic consequences of shutting down this market could be larger than anyone realizes.
Sep 22 2006 Labor Market The Birth Order Illusion Bryan Caplan Once one of my wife's law professors polled her class on birth order. "How many of you are first-borns?" Two-thirds of the students raised their hands. Clear evidence that first-borns are achievers, right? Hardly. An alternative hypothesis is that law students come from affluent families with few kids. Imagine th... 10 Read More
Sep 22 2006 Income Distribution The Internet Boom, Location, and Income Distributi... Arnold Kling Hal Varian reports on research by Jamie Galbraith and Travis Hale. According to Mr. Galbraith and Mr. Hale, much of the increase in income inequality in the late 1990’s resulted from large income changes in just a handful of locations around the country — precisely those areas that were heavily involved in the inf... 2 Read More
Sep 22 2006 Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing The Saddest Sentence I've Read Today Arnold Kling was written by Rich Lowry. The key is stepped-up interior enforcement to cut off the jobs magnet that draws so many illegals here. My guess is that the adverse economic consequences of shutting down this market could be larger than anyone realizes. 6 Read More