Is "Contagion" the Result of Statistical Discrimination? Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Mar 19 2008 SHARE POST: Yes or no: Is financial “contagion” the result of statistical discrimination? I.e., is it just a case where all financial institutions of a given type get judged by the average quality of their type?
Mar 22 2008 Economics and Culture The Root Causes of Divorce: The Usual Suspects Bryan Caplan Reading Tim Harford's "Is Divorce Underrated?" in The Logic of Life got me wondering about the root causes of divorce. I want to create a list of "main" root causes, not partition logical space; at the same time, I want the categories to have some economic content, not just be a laundry list of bad things. Here's wha... 12 Read More
Mar 20 2008 Economic Education Folk Songs Arnold Kling This past weekend, my wife and I attended a sing-along. About fifty of us Baby Boomers, along with a few children and grandchildren, gathered with some guitars, banjos, and other instruments to sing the classic tunes of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, John Denver, and other icons. I started to realize that the only thing... 25 Read More
Mar 19 2008 Finance: stocks, options, etc. Is "Contagion" the Result of Statistical Discrimin... Bryan Caplan Yes or no: Is financial "contagion" the result of statistical discrimination? I.e., is it just a case where all financial institutions of a given type get judged by the average quality of their type? 4 Read More