Hi
Here's a brief piece on a minimum income "experiment" in Manitoba.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincome
Effects were generally positive, especially when looked at closely.
And Canada has some projects on the go with providing homes for the homeless.
Jim
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:40:13 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote:
Haven't read the whole article you cite, but a quick sampling indicates
some
glaring misstatements of Skinner's positions, both scientific and
philosophical. And note that Skinner wrote About Behaviorism to clear
up some
misconceptions o
Of course, nothing like that employment rate could happen here.
On Jan 10, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Ken Steele wrote:
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> commentators to the explanation of why many young Muslim males were very
> susceptible to recruitment
Haven’t read the whole article you cite, but a quick sampling indicates some
glaring misstatements of Skinner’s positions, both scientific and
philosophical. And note that Skinner wrote About Behaviorism to clear up some
misconceptions of his pints in Beyond Freedom and Dignity.
Both books, of
Thanks very much, Scott and David. I would love to see the article your
students wrote, Scott, and I would love to hear others' thoughts about the
book.
Thanks again,
Carol
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:53:12 -0800, Michael Britt wrote:
The Daily Show did an interesting piece on a program in Salt Lake City
Utah in which they are giving homes to the homeless in order to reduce
the homelessness problem. As you can imagine, the idea of giving
homes to the homeless raises the
I noticed that a "social exclusion" type of analysis was applied
by French commentators to the explanation of why many young
Muslim males were very susceptible to recruitment by radical groups.
The unemployment rate of males in their 20s was said to be
30%-40% and prospects of gainful employ
Carol
The term "psychopath" is not a diagnostic one, at least according to the DSM.
The closest diagnosis is antisocial personality disorder, but psychopathy is a
more narrowly defined term and one not used at all in DSM, even as a specifier
for the aforementioned APD. Keep in mind the American
Dear Tipsters,
I'm not a clinician, and I don't think I'm a psychopath, but since I just
finished reading *The Psychopath Test*, I have a few questions for those of
you who are...clinicians. My first question concerns the term "psychopath."
I haven't looked at the DSM and I think I've even asked th
The first response is that the question should read ‘What Would Skinner SAY’,
since he would be the first to point out that actually changing social
contingencies would be beyond his power. He would analyze the situation
(that’s why we call the field Behavior Analysis) to identify the likely
r
When people make these grand ideological statements about what helping the poor
“really” does, have they never heard about the optimal level curve (à la Yerkes
& Dodson)? Driving people into destitution doesn’t “incentivize” them. It
breaks them. It pushes them into despair and inaction. If you
If you look at the habitat for humanity program I think you will find many of
your answers. People do pay for some part of their home, in money and sweat
equity. However, there is a higher foreclosure loss of these homes because of
money problems. It's not because these people do not want their
What about considering the concept of reciprocity? I’m homeless – the city
gives me a nice apartment. I’m grateful and appreciate your faith in me; I
want to give back (reward you?) and do so by finding a job. Of course, I also
might want to work to furnish the apartment and buy a panini make
The Daily Show did an interesting piece on a program in Salt Lake City Utah in
which they are giving homes to the homeless in order to reduce the homelessness
problem. As you can imagine, the idea of giving homes to the homeless raises
the ire of many people (“You’re not incentivizing the homel
It is damnably hard not to angrily condemn the Islamic terrorists in
France this day. But, while all these recent incidents are horrifying, before
we get high and mighty with a host "je suis Charlie" and issue blanket "we are
better than them" condemnations of Islam, we should stop, tak
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