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Why Are Some Countries Less Corrupt Than Others? And Why Are They Anglo?

Harvard ethics blog: Independent of the econometric methodology applied, we consistently find: Immigration from corruption-ridden countries boosts corruption in the destination country. Hence, the international legislators’ fear (as expressed in recent agreements by the G20 group) that immigration may cause … Continue reading

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Ivy League law prof says Anglo-Protestant cultural norms are superior — and gets hammered for it

Amy Wax, a brilliant and courageous woman, has long been a race realist. Jared Taylor has praised her. The Blaze: University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Amy Wax may come across as somewhat of an aberration at one of the … Continue reading

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Should You Pay Your Taxes Honestly?

In my experience, there is a gulf between the civic obligations felt by WASPs (white gentile non-Catholics of northern European origins) and those felt by every other group. I keep meeting WASPs who take pains to pay the IRS everything … Continue reading

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Noah Feldman: ‘The Triumphant Decline of the WASP’

From the New York Times in 2010: But satisfaction with our national progress should not make us forget its authors: the very Protestant elite that founded and long dominated our nation’s institutions of higher education and government, including the Supreme … Continue reading

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When Anti-Semitism Strengthens Group Identity

When most people, Jew or gentile, hear the term “anti-Semitism”, they immediately assume it is a bad thing, an ignorant prejudice, and a type of mental virus that leads to gas chambers. I am not so sure. From my perspective, … Continue reading

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