Monthly Archives: June 2020

Economics Is Racist

From the New York Times: Economics has a history of discrimination and, in some cases, outright racism. George Stigler, a Nobel laureate and an early leader of the American Economic Association, criticized the civil rights movement in 1962 and wrote … Continue reading

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Gravity Is Racist

Graphic video: Watch the moment a toppled Confederate soldier statue falls on a rioter, injuring him severely. This happened tonight in Portsmouth, Va. All the statues around the monument were beheaded before this accident. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/yv5j45Fd7j — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) … Continue reading

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Clausewitz: His Life and Work

Here are some highlights from this 2014 book: * The French Revolution… unleashed what Clausewitz would later call the “passions of the people.” Now the energy of the nation’s inhabitants—especially their willingness to support and sacrifice for the war effort—became … Continue reading

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Why Have Stocks Shot Up While The George Floyd Riots Went Down?

Comments at Steve Sailer: * The riots pretty much heralded the end of the lockdown so they presume asset prices and stocks went as low as they were going to and are buying back the dip. * Most wealthy people … Continue reading

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Steve Sailer: Will Black Anti-Semitism Once Again Short-Circuit the Latest Peak Black Moment?

Sailer writes: Black people periodically go through boom eras when white people can’t seem to get enough of them, such as in the late 1960s and then in the late 1980s-early 1990s. But blacks then overplay their hand and step … Continue reading

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