Downton Abbey Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Mar 8 2012 SHARE POST: Downton Abbey (season 1 streaming on Netflix) doesn’t just live up to the hype. It also beautifully illustrates the power of firing aversion during the heydey of employment at will. Highly recommended.
Mar 8 2012 Labor Market Minimum Wage: Charles Murray Surrenders David Henderson As co-blogger Bryan noted earlier today, Charles Murray advocates requiring that internships pay the at least the minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour at the federal level. Is this because he, a perceptive and economically literate analyst, does not understand the damage the minimum wage does to young people's job pr... 10 Read More
Mar 8 2012 Income Distribution The Solutions Murray Should Have Proposed Bryan Caplan I'm fan of Coming Apart. But I'm baffled by the policy "solutions" Charles Murray proposes in today's NYT. Impose a minimum wage on internships? Ban the SAT in favor of achievement tests? Switch to socioeconomic affirmative action? Forbid the use of the B.A. in employment decisions? ... 13 Read More
Mar 8 2012 Economics and Culture Downton Abbey Bryan Caplan Downton Abbey (season 1 streaming on Netflix) doesn't just live up to the hype. It also beautifully illustrates the power of firing aversion during the heydey of employment at will. Highly recommended. 4 Read More