Sometimes scientists fall victim to a base human instinct — the need to conform. When they do, we need revolutionary scientists to put science back on track.

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Politics determine government size, right? Yes and no. I show here that there’s more to government size than just politics.

Governments are different than firms, right? Maybe not. When it comes to size, governments behave like they’re just another firm.

When it comes to income, economists ask the wrong question. So they get the wrong answer.

It’s a perennial problem in science. How do you know when someone’s a crank?

I use the Ontario Sunshine List to shed light on how income grows with hierarchical rank.

The ‘productivity-pay gap’ has nothing to do with productivity. Here’s why.

What’s your ‘productivity’ when you use a bullshit job as a front to do something creative?

Income in the US military follows the power ethos — to each according to their social influence.