http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/28/who-needs-fair-pay/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/28/who-needs-fair-pay/#comment-1989 Paige Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:20:39 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/28/who-needs-fair-pay/#comment-1989 Except that in this case we aren't talking about social mobility and how education factors into it. This is a situation in which workers who have the same or better education and training as their colleagues are simply getting paid less on account of their gender. That's what makes McCain and his buddies' arguments so inane. Except that in this case we aren’t talking about social mobility and how education factors into it. This is a situation in which workers who have the same or better education and training as their colleagues are simply getting paid less on account of their gender. That’s what makes McCain and his buddies’ arguments so inane.

]]> http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/28/who-needs-fair-pay/#comment-1985 Kevin Carson Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:45:31 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/28/who-needs-fair-pay/#comment-1985 Ah, the old argument for "education and training." It's a fallacy of composition: if everybody gets that magical education and training, we'll all get to be Pharaoh, and the pyramids will just build themselves. Ah, the old argument for “education and training.” It’s a fallacy of composition: if everybody gets that magical education and training, we’ll all get to be Pharaoh, and the pyramids will just build themselves.

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