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More lecture notes: GDP, the rule of law and education
Does GDP measure wealth? Wealth of consists of (1) natural resources (land, timber, minerals), (2) produced resources (goods and...

Peter Lorenzi
May 7, 20223 min read
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The great resignation
May 6, 2022. Majority of workers who quit a job in 2021 cite low pay, no opportunities for advancement, feeling disrespected. Full...

Peter Lorenzi
May 6, 20222 min read
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Problem: 11.5 job openings, 6 million unemployed
May 2022. If you want to get a good explanation for America's economic troubles today, look no further than the following graphic of the...

Peter Lorenzi
May 4, 20223 min read
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Management class musings
After almost fifty years of teaching about leadership and management -- and clearly understanding the differences and similarities of the...

Peter Lorenzi
May 2, 20222 min read
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Why conscientiousness is so important
If you follow and believe in the work of Jordan Peterson, you know that conscientiousness is the best predictor of many important...

Peter Lorenzi
May 2, 20222 min read
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The insane arrogance of college debt forgiveness
From the Wall Street Journal, 30 April 2022, "The taxpayer con of the century" (full editorial linked further below), some key excerpts:...

Peter Lorenzi
May 1, 20222 min read
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The wrong fix: Foolish college predatory loan reparations
Is the college loan debt problem primarily one of "ineffective" colleges? I think not. Only a small percentage of the schools that fail...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 30, 20223 min read
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Reflections on my research record
What do I have to show on the internet for forty years of university faculty appointments? From the University of Kansas to Loyola...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 29, 20221 min read
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The myth of affluenza
In 2010, with Bobby Friedmann and Jason Zhang, we published "Looking for Sin in All the Wrong Places: An Empirical Investigation of the...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 29, 20223 min read
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Why 1% Of The Population Controls 45% Of The Wealth
One of my primary interests has been the study of the nature and causes of "income inequality." In our 2009 SOCIETY article, we wrote:...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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The false narrative of reparations
The idea that people or organizations that might have benefitted from slavery owe reparations to descendants of former slaves is not a...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 27, 20222 min read
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No tears for adjunct fears
The Washington Post ran one of those annual "buyer beware" or "income inequality" pieces on college campuses, just as families are...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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Calculating your ROM (Return on MBA)
"Nearly all graduates earn more money two years out of school than the amount they borrowed—and some saw their salaries double." How is...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 27, 20222 min read
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The inclusion-diversity-equity conundrum
April 2022. Peter Wood on the inclusion-diversity-equity conundrum. The following is an excerpt from A Dubious Expediency: How Race...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 26, 20224 min read
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The empty nest mirage
According to the conventional narrative, we became empty nesters once we delivered Gaby to UCLA in late September 2017. The narrative is...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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Joy of life after...the pandemic
March 2022. These past two years have been something insane, all around the world. If there is a lesson to be learned here, it's that...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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The wealth creation versus leisure dilemma
In the first article (below), the good Walter Block points out that putting retirees back to work is not the solution to today's economic...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 22, 20223 min read
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Why low-wage, low-skilled immigrants hurt small cities
April 22, 2022. Many on the left argue for open immigration to solve the problems of dying, small cities, to revive a declining...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 22, 20222 min read
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Tony Blair gets it wrong on university enrollments
And I thought the problem was primarily an American one....but it is not just us. Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has done more harm...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 20, 20223 min read
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Facts versus fantasy: Debunking the woke narrative
April 19, 2022. Doctors should follow the science and not the political "science;" support the police, not BLM. Here is some relished...

Peter Lorenzi
Apr 19, 20224 min read
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