Link fiesta (12.3.14)

1. Sexual divide in technological unemployment: "So, while men were increasing their leisure, women were increasing their market work. Combining men and women, you would not see a decline in market work." (link)
2. Behavioral political economy. (link)
3. Political economy of Bitcoin. (link)
4. The superiority of economists: "Taken together, these traits constitute what we call the superiority of economists, where economists’ objective supremacy is intimately linked with their subjective sense of authority and entitlement." (link)
1. Even more: "According to the authors, economists see themselves at the top of the social science disciplinary hierarchy given their view of other social science disciplines as having less powerful analytical tools, their role in public policy debate and discourse and the fact that they command some of the highest levels of compensation particularly in American arts and science faculties. Economics emphasizes quantitative reasoning (interpreted as a sign of higher intellectual capabilities), is male dominated and rather insular in its relationship with the other social sciences. Indeed, according to the authors, it is the rise of the field of finance and business school connections that are the main purveyors of ‘interdisciplinary’ references for economics." (link)
5. Economics of Seinfeld. (link)
6. Dr. Albert: The costs and benefits of Pantawid Pamilya. (Rappler)