On Monday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m. CST, I’ll be speaking at the University of Texas. The speech is sponsored by the McCombs Salem Center.
Title of Speech: Economic Inequality: Popular Misconceptions and Important Facts.
You can attend in person or by Zoom.
Here’s the link.
If you attend in person, please come up and say hi.
Feb 27 2023
The data below are for rail accidents, derailments, and collisions from 1975 to 2021. Pothole Pete Buttigieg has claimed that the accident in East Palestine, Ohio is due to deregulation under Trump. Actually, deregulation of railroads happened under Carter in 1980. Notice what happened to accidents and derailments sinc...
Feb 26 2023
Many people are under the impression that the southwestern US suffers from a severe shortage of water. In one sense that's true. The market price of water is set far below equilibrium. And that sort of price control almost always tends to lead to shortages. If you set prices low enough, even Canada would have wat...
Feb 26 2023
On Monday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m. CST, I'll be speaking at the University of Texas. The speech is sponsored by the McCombs Salem Center. Title of Speech: Economic Inequality: Popular Misconceptions and Important Facts. You can attend in person or by Zoom. Here's the link. If you attend in person, please come up and s...
READER COMMENTS
Knut P. Heen
Feb 27 2023 at 11:04am
People should at least focus on life-time income when discussing the issue, not yearly income statistics. Someone who starts working after high school will earn more than a student. The student hopes to earn more later in life. If everyone starts working after high school, the income inequality would be less than if everyone goes to university simply because education is an investment.
Jose Pablo
Feb 27 2023 at 9:41pm
Why is economic inequality relevant?
What are the “harmful consequences” of inequality?
http://www.owl232.net/papers/equality.htm
Knut P. Heen
Mar 3 2023 at 8:39am
Envy leads to violence.
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