Through the lens of the Jock/Nerd Theory of History, the welfare state doesn’t look like a serious effort to "equalize outcomes." It looks more like … - Bryan Caplan

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Through the lens of the Jock/Nerd Theory of History, the welfare state doesn’t look like a serious effort to "equalize outcomes." It looks more like a serious effort to block the "revenge of the nerds"—to keep them from using their financial success to unseat the jocks on every dimension of social status.

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Bryan Caplan (born April 8, 1971) is a libertarian George Mason University professor of economics.

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Native Name: Bryan Douglas Caplan
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