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TGGP's avatar

Since you responded to the question about becoming a garbage man by noting that people are paid better for worse jobs, I should note that while compensating differentials are conventional wisdom among economists, other social scientists say the evidence doesn't support them.

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2023/03/01/risk-without-reward-the-myth-of-wage-compensation-for-hazardous-work-also-some-thoughts-of-how-this-literature-ended-up-to-be-so-bad/

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Ian Miller's avatar

Oooh, exciting!

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Timothy's avatar

Disagree, none of the feminists I know are bigots.

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Bogusław Kołodziej's avatar

Don't forget socialism, affirmative action, etc.

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Bogusław Kołodziej's avatar

I guess that "Don't be an atheist - and why there is no God" could be a Robin Hanson's book.

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