In this episode, we explore the question of why people value education? Do revealed preferences make a better case of education as a costly signal or a mechanism for human capital development? While it's obvious to most people that the answer is unlikely to be binary, we hash out our priors and work through some of the arguments for either side.
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Western Civilization & The Paradox of Intolerance
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Canada: Politeness, Wokeness, and Assisted Dying
AI, Institutions, and the Future of Human Flourishing with Sam Hammond
Careers: Aligning Stated and Revealed Preferences
Animal Welfare and Moral Weight with Bob Fischer
National IQ, Immigrants & the Wealth of Nations with Garett Jones
A Canadian Take on Indians
Eliezer's Call Option on Love
Meditations on Effective Altruism
Economics of Immigration
Free Speech: How slippery is your slope?
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