To 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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skibidithink 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's only positive sum if they grew because of affirmative action. And if affirmative action caused net friction, it'd be a Moloch.

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VinLucero 17 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you assuming elite college admission counts are rigid in the count of people admitted because of real teaching constraints or reducing the supply of prestige?

	▲	skibidithink 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		None of my arguments require any assumption on why. But I would say that it's because of prestige and signaling.

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eru 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

University admission is arguably bad for society.

(See Caplan's Case Against Education.)