In this post I will argue that the empirical evidence favors viewing racial diversity as a negative. To begin with, in the context of the economy it is often claimed that minorities make firms more innovative. This is false. In fact, racial diversity is negatively related to innovation and overall level of performance (
I think substack has some option for automatically translating content across blogs. Ask Emil about it, his substack has stuff which shows as being posted 'in 2007' whereas Substack only even launched in 2017.
Hey Sean, a few years ago didn’t you argue against Putnam’s findings (that being that diversity decreases social trust)? What changed your mind? Based on my readings of the available literature, diversity almost always seems to lower social trust.
I think substack has some option for automatically translating content across blogs. Ask Emil about it, his substack has stuff which shows as being posted 'in 2007' whereas Substack only even launched in 2017.
https://www.econlib.org/archives/2017/06/trust_and_diver.html
Hey Sean, a few years ago didn’t you argue against Putnam’s findings (that being that diversity decreases social trust)? What changed your mind? Based on my readings of the available literature, diversity almost always seems to lower social trust.