EconTalk Archives, 2006   /     Caplan on Discrimination and Labor Markets

Description

Bryan Caplan and Russ Roberts discuss the economics of discrimination and government's regulation of labor markets. They talk about the role of the profit motive in reducing or eliminating discrimination and the role of government, particularly in European labor markets. When does government regulation reduce or enforce discrimination? How do other labor market regulations affect employment and unemployment? What is the impact on the European and American standard of living? Does money buy happiness? Does it depend on whether it is earned or received as welfare? These are some of the topics that come up in this wide-ranging conversation.

Subtitle
Bryan Caplan and Russ Roberts discuss the economics of discrimination and government's regulation of labor markets in this wide-ranging conversation. When does government regulation reduce or enforce discrimination? What's happened in European labor mark
Duration
57:45
Publishing date
2006-12-04 12:30
Contributors
  EconTalk: Russ Roberts and Bryan Caplan
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Enclosures
http://files.libertyfund.org/econtalk/Caplandiscrimination.mp3
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