The Search for 100 Million Missing Women
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http://slate.com/id/2119402An economics detective story What is economics, anyway? It's not so much a subject matter as a sort of tool kit --one that, when set loose on a thicket of information, can determine the effect of any given factor. "The economy" is the thicket that concerns jobs and real estate and banking and investment. But the economist's tool kit can just as easily be put to more creative use. Consider, for instance, an incendiary argument made by the economist Amartya Sen in 1990. ... (more)
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