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...with two categories of lemons (though others exist)—the disinterested applicant and the opportunitistic one. The former may not initially be interested in the job at all but feigns interest once granted an interview. This represents an error in selection against the interests of applicants who would like offers from the jobs they prefer most. But because of uncertainty in the market, interviews and offers are misallocated from those who should ideally receive them, those most qualified and committed for a given job—a labor market failure. Conversely, opportunistic applicants are errors in selection against...
Fifteen Minutes: What message would you like readers to take away from your new book about same-sex rights...
...With more of an eye toward undergrads at Harvard, what would you hope for younger people to find in your book...
...very glad it’s on the way out, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. Going back to the ancient Greeks, they actually constructed a famous fighting cohort with pairs of male lovers because they thought they would fight more boldly when they were vying to look good in the eyes of their lovers. The fighting forces have had gay and lesbian people for a very long time, and there’s something just very weird about the stance the Army has taken versus the stance that other countries with fine armies such as Canada, Britain...
...also find him very appealing as a human being who could respect women. If you think of most of the great figures of philosophy, most were incapable of respecting women. Mill didn’t just write about that, he lived that. When I ask myself who would I like to meet, I think, “Well, I would like to meet somebody who would talk...