ArmchairEcon

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   by ArmchairEcon 12y ago

   Let's accept your assumption that colleges teach things that are of value in some non-financial sense. Colleges make society better or make people happier. Then we should expect to see an improvement in a King of Bhutan-style Gross Nat
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   by ArmchairEcon 12y ago

   "Unemployment rate for Physics PhDs is just under 10%" -- that sounds pretty bad if you assume that someone with a physics PhD is smarter than average and has more years of education than average.
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   by ArmchairEcon 12y ago

   That the average person who pursues a job is not very successful economically does not mean that the job is not worth pursuing for someone who is thoughtful and talented. As noted above, if the median child support is only $6000 tax-free do
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   by ArmchairEcon 12y ago

   http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/106-children-in-... says that about 35 percent of U.S. children live in single-parent families or 25 million children total. In any case, the fewer the number of women c
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   by ArmchairEcon 12y ago

   That section of the article is not about "alimony" (may require years of marriage to obtain) but about "child support" (requires one night of work to obtain).