Tag: racism

09 Apr 2008

Borjas Likes His Closed Clubs

His writing very rarely holds much sway for me. His values have him point out things that sometimes do not get mentioned by other economists who blog on immigration. Very often, he is right, or at least has strong evidence that he is right, on the questions of fact. But I just don’t care. I [...]

09 Apr 2008

Such Libertarians Exist?

Ok, I have come across some nutty libertarians. However, the numerous attempts at rewriting history to try to legitimize crazed anti-government views is getting old. If Tyler is right, that there exist libertarians who would blame the coercive nature of the state for creating Jim Crow, rather than the pre-existing social norms, then it takes [...]

31 Jan 2008

Markets in Justice: Bail Bonds People As Racism Mitigators

This paper is probably worth a read, the blog post definitely is. However, the bonds industry doesn’t sound exactly like a prediction market to me, at least not in the sense that it is usually discussed. If you just label any market from which you can deduce some probability, then I guess that qualifies. But [...]