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AspiringEconomist.com
Personal blog · aspiringeconomist.comeconomics
AspiringEconomist.com is a personal blog at aspiringeconomist.com about economics. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this student economics blog for posts on housing (renting versus buying) and on statistics about gender pay gaps and sexual assault, which commenters use to question common figures.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Passing thoughts from a student of economics
Most-linked posts?
- /index.php/2009/09/11/rape-statistics-1-in-4/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-04-01
What Hacker News says?
>Women still make 77 cents to the male dollar False. Women get paid equally for the same work and the same hours. Averaging all women vs all men is dishonest. http://www.consad.com/content/reports/Gender%20Wage%20Gap%20... >Women have much higher incidences of anxiety and depression disorder Women have higher incidences of being diagnosed with depression. Men have much higher incidences of suicide. What does that te…
Comment linking /index.php/2009/09/11/rape-statistics-1-in-4/
on “Why it is Awesome to be a Girl in Tech”Pretty sure even these statistics are underreported. For example, when in college, I have been molested by women at least twice without consent, and have never reported it -- principally for fear of ridicule from the authorities and fellow students. If you include the question that led to the famous '1 in 4 women are raped in college' statistic ( http://aspiringeconomist.com/index.php/2009/09/11/rape-stati... ) -- I…
Comment linking /index.php/2009/09/11/rape-statistics-1-in-4/
on “A new study reveals that men are often the victims of sexual assault”It seems there are two issues here: a moral one and a pragmatic one. [edit grammar] 1. Moral Issue: Does society have some claim to the wealth that is created by the most successful members of that society? This is a complicated issue. When we are talking about natural monopolies due to network externalities I might agree with this. Mark Zuckerberg hasn't created billions of dollars of value. Facebook is valuable be…
Comment linking /index.php/2010/02/04/guard-labor-why-is-inequality-bad/
on “Too Rich to Live?”I just had this discussion with some friends who got their PhDs and bought homes. "Paying rent is just throwing your money down the drain" they said. It's easy to ignore the opportunity costs of owning a home. I wrote a blog post explain the economic reasons why the cost of owning and renting might differ: http://aspiringeconomist.com/index.php/2010/04/17/rent-vs-bu...
Comment linking /index.php/2010/04/17/rent-vs-buy/
on “Is It Better to Buy or Rent?”Like the one that says that 1 in 4 women was sexually assaulted? How many of those are on the street by strangers? Does that include molestation? IIRC, 1 in 6 boys are molested in the US. Here is someone's take on the 1-in-4 figure: http://aspiringeconomist.com/index.php/2009/09/11/rape-stati... I don't think the 1-in-4 figure should be used when talking about the potential to be attacked and/or raped by strangers o…
Comment linking /index.php/2009/09/11/rape-statistics-1-in-4/
on “Why you & your girlfriends should stop checking in”