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Category Archives: Sociology
David Landes: RIP
David Landes has died at the age of 89. My eyes were widened by his most influential book, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (1998). His was a bold analytical take … Continue reading
There Really Is Such a Thing as the Protestant Work Ethic
A group of Dutch economists provide more proof that Weber was probably right after all: A recent paper by André van Hoorn and Robbert Maseland: Test[s] the relation between Protestantism and work attitudes using a novel method, operationalizing work ethic … Continue reading
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Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories
In “Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories“, Maggie Koerth-Baker gives a quick glimpse of some current research on the subject, with a slightly liberal tinge. (The propensity for believing in conspiracy theories is a lonstanding sociological fascination of mine, … Continue reading
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Suicide Rise: White Males
Here’s a story worthy of further media inquiry (“What are the causes? Why are middle aged white males doing this?”), but unlikely to get any. Why? Because the alarming increase in suicides is being committed by white males… and f*ck … Continue reading
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When Prophecy Fails
At Jim’s Blog, a post on the notion of Left Singularity has spurred some excellent discussion on the subject. Jim writes: We are seeing a political singularity – the leftwards slide that has been under way since 1710 or so … Continue reading
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