A troublesome inheritance (Nicholas Wade)
This book is very popsci and can be read in 1 day for any reasonably fast reader. It doesnt contain much new information to anyone who has read a few…
New paper out: Educational attainment, income, use of social benefits, crime rate and the general socioeconomic factor among 71 immigrant groups in Denmark
Educational attainment, income, use of social benefits, crime rate and the general socioeconomic factor among 71 immigrant groups in Denmark http://openpsych.net/ODP/2014/05/educational-attainment-income-use-of-social-benefits-crime-rate-and-the-general-socioeconomic-factor-among-71-immmigrant-groups-in-denmark/
The IQ Controversy, the Media and Public Policy (1988, Snyderman, Rothman)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2404700.The_IQ_Controversy_the_Media_and_Public_Policy The I. Q. Controversy The Media and Public Policy Stanley Rothman 323p_0887381510 I read this becus i want to do a follow-up study like this. Both analyzing media…
Review: Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter (Ilya Somin)
This book is a quick read and covers the area decently well. The major drawback is that it doesnt discuss deliberative democracy or liquid democracy. IMO this book is not…
Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland (1996)
Interesting small book that casts light on the use of sterilizations in nordic countries. It shows quite clearly that eugenics has it origin in collectivist and socialist thinking and was…
Review: Making sense of heritability
Download: http://www.libgen.net/search.php?search_type=magic&search_text=making+sense+of+heritability&submit=Dig+for This is a GREAT book, which goes down to the basics about heritability and the various claims people have made against it. Highly recommended. Best book of…
Review: Taking sex differences seriously (Steven E. Rhoads)
http://bookos.org/s/?q=taking+sex+differences&t=0 This shortish book contains a wealth of information and 100s of citations. Unfortunately, the author has not kept a high standard of citing things, nor does he make it…
Review: The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
[Bryan_Caplan]_The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter_Why(Bookos.org) This is very interesting book. Most interesting I've read in a while. - If neither way of verifying the existence of preferences over beliefs appeals to…
Review: The Nurture Assumption (Judith Harris)
This book turned out to be not what i had expected, but still interesting. Not sure why it got all the bad press. It's behavior realistic but focuses on the…
Review: Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists (Barkow ed.)
[Jerome_H._Barkow]_Missing_the_Revolution_Darwini(Bookos.org) In general, this was a short and interesting read. Made me want to read other material by Anne Campbell. The last chapter is skipable, just as Kanazawa said when…