No, I am not saying that women shouldn't be able to vote, but I do think that it is an interesting and important question to explain why governments started growing around the world when they did. Some may view the growth as good because it means that governments were not previously taking into account the desires of women. Some such as Ann view it as a negative. On this score, I am just trying to use some economics to explain the world.
Amazed how lucky I am that I have had jobs where I could just think about whatever I wanted to think about.
This summer I will be moving to the University of Maryland. Previously I held positions at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988 and 1989. I have published over 90 articles in academic journals. I received my Ph.D. in economics from UCLA in 1984.
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I read Ann Coulter's column, but have not read your book. Here is the question: the first thing she mentions is
To wit:
— Women shouldn't vote: "What changed ... that explains the growth of government? The answer is women's suffrage."
Are you seriously suggesting that women shouldn't have been given the right to vote?
No, I am not saying that women shouldn't be able to vote, but I do think that it is an interesting and important question to explain why governments started growing around the world when they did. Some may view the growth as good because it means that governments were not previously taking into account the desires of women. Some such as Ann view it as a negative. On this score, I am just trying to use some economics to explain the world.
Thank you for the answer- I intend to read the book.
Thank you very much, Anonymous.
I might run out and pick up a copy of Freedomnomics as well!
I heard about what you basicly wrote about women voting and the growth of government a week ago when Ann spoke @ Xavier University.
I got her promotion of your book @ Xavier on video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmDg9t5M5dI
Afterward Ann came over and sat down right in front of me and started talking. I had no idea she was such a big fan ;)
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