Relative Affluence and Child Labor—Explaining a Paradox

The Two-Child Paradox: Dichotomy and Ambiguity

Given that one of the children in a two-child family is a boy, what are the chances that the other is also a boy. The intuitive answer is 50 : 50. More careful investigation leads us to a 1-in-3 chance. We investigate circumstances under which these answers are correct. The imposition of further conditions yields some very surprising results. To my sons Owen and Andrew, both born on Tuesday, on...

Affluence & Aging

Social Inequalities in Obesity Persist in the Nordic Region Despite Its Relative Affluence and Equity

Social inequalities in overweight and obesity (OWOB) have persisted in the affluent and reputedly egalitarian Nordic countries. In this review we examine associations between socioeconomic position (SEP) and OWOB, and secular trends in such associations. Determinants and possible causes of the relations are discussed together with opportunities to cope with OWOB as a public health problem. The ...

Paradox and Relativism

Since the time of Plato, relativism has been attacked as a self-refuting theory. Today, there are two basic kinds of argument that are used to show that global relativism is logically incoherent: first, a direct descendent of the argument Plato uses against Protagoras, called the peritrope; and, second, a more recent argument that relativism leads to an infinite regress. Although some relativis...

A relative extending module and torsion precovers

We first characterize $tau$-complemented modules with relative (pre)-covers. We also introduce an extending module relative to $tau$-pure submodules on a hereditary torsion theory $tau$ and give its relationship with $tau$-complemented modules.