Archive for category: Fagonomics

Lesbian and gay economics

This Week in Fagonomics (II)    (2011.05.15)

A recap of stories lazily reiterating the claim that gays are rich, which we aren’t. (Superspecial “Sithifrican” edition!)

Doonanism    (2011.03.26)

Go get a job in a store, you big nancy, advises Simon Doonan

This Week in Fagonomics (I)    (2011.03.02)

A recap of stories lazily reiterating the claim that gays are rich, which we aren’t.

The story J‑Source wouldn’t run    (2010.12.20)

J-Source commissioned a story on gay money, then ignored my ass. So here it is!

Freako covers fago    (2010.12.17)

Freakonomics actually covers my work on gay money. Funny how no one else in the mainstream press, including gay papers, has

‘Gay Money: The Truth About Lesbian & Gay Economics’    (2010.11.16)

Announcing my new research project on lesbian and gay economics. (Spoiler alert: Gay males earn less money than straight males, most research shows, while lesbians earn more than straight women)

How not to be richer than straight people    (2010.11.14)

Be a gay man. (Originally from 2003.07.07, this posting documents early research on lesbian & gay economics by M.V. Lee Badgett)

Richard Florida overgays it    (2010.08.12)

Richard Florida claims gays are “no more… economically productive… than any other group on average,” which is of course false. (Updated)

Another way in which to fail at ‘monetizing one’s intelligence’    (2007.08.09)

Russell Smith asks: Why is nobody willing to pay us for it?