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Men and women Uber drivers prefer different locations and hours. REMY GABALDA/AFP/Getty Images Economists at Stanford University and the University of Chicago conducted an unprecedented study recently on the pay equality between men and women in the “gig economy,” where workers get to pick their own hours and get paid by project, instead of a fixed salary. The study sampled workers from one of the largest gig platforms of today—Uber. After tracking 1.8 million drivers (for Uber X and Uber Pool) nationally from January 2015 to March 2017, researchers found that male drivers, on average, make seven percent more than...

Why are you and I enjoying the bounty of the richest country in the history of the world instead of grubbing around in the forest for roots and berries the way our ancestors did?It turns out people appear to have two very different answers to that question. And it’s not just ordinary people who disagree. Even the experts – economists and historians – disagree. That’s the view of Johnathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. (HT: Tyler Cowan)Haidt says problems that are “tame problems” can be solved by experts. These are problems like: How can...

As I can’t find any good articles on this subject, I am turning to my fellow Freepers for your thoughts and comments regarding our future economic standing in the world, as it specifically pertains to the following issues: With the reelection of President Bush, and a republican majority in the house and senate, US economic and trade policies will continue to be typified by conservative policies that facilitate laissez-faire, free-market capitalism, etc. We know this much. HOWEVER, with the maturation of the European Union, and with the prospect of N.A.F.T.A. being extended into the hemispheric Free Trade Area of the...