Caplan on Discrimination and Labor Markets

Bryan Caplan and Russ Roberts discuss the economics of discrimination and government's regulation of labor markets. They talk about the role of the profit motive in reducing or eliminating discrimination and the role of government, particularly in European labor markets. When does government regulation reduce or enforce discrimination? How do other labor market regulations affect employment and unemployment? What is the impact on the European and American standard of living? Does money buy happiness? Does it depend on whether it is earned or received as welfare? These are some of the topics that come up in this wide-ranging conversation.

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Caplan on Discrimination and Labor Markets is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2006 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 57:45 long.

This episode was published on Dec 4, 2006.

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