alt Hacker NewsTo counter that, though without a precise economic analysis, both university admissions and employment grew during the affirmative action era.
Everything looks like zero-sum if viewed as a static, local model.
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eru • yesterday at 4:58 PM
University admission is arguably bad for society.
(See Caplan's Case Against Education.)
It's only positive sum if they grew because of affirmative action. And if affirmative action caused net friction, it'd be a Moloch.