Robert Lynch

Dec 27, 2023 | skeptic.com | Robert Lynch

Is it more of a disadvantage to be born poor or Black? Is it worse to be brought up by rich parents in a poor neighborhood, or by poor parents in a rich neighborhood? The answers to these questions lie at the very core of what constitutes a fair society. So how do we know if it is better to have wealthy parents or to grow up in a wealthy neighborhood when “good” things often go together (i.e., kids with rich parents grow up in rich neighborhoods)?

Jul 10, 2023 | mindingthecampus.org | Robert Lynch

Strategic Ambiguity, the Motte-and-Bailey Fallacy, and the Allure of Simplistic MoralityWho doesn’t support being more tolerant and culturally sensitive? What kind of a monster thinks that Black Lives Don’t matter? Just be kind.

May 12, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Meredith Lawrence |Robert Lynch |Beth Mitchell

Watch the full recording. What Is the CTA? The CTA (31 USC § 5336; 31 CFR 1010) is intended to strengthen the federal government’s anti-money laundering efforts by requiring many business entities to report information regarding beneficial ownership of companies. When Does the CTA Take Effect? Reporting requirements take effect January 1, 2024: Reporting companies existing (or if foreign, registered in the US) prior to January 1, 2024, will have until January 1, 2025, to submit initial reports.

May 4, 2023 | areomagazine.com | Robert Lynch

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. — Mark TwainIn 2018, Raj Chetty and his colleagues published one of the largest studies of social mobility ever conducted. By combining census data with information from federal tax returns, they were able to analyse the wealth of almost every family in the US from 1989–2015. Their results were unequivocal. The biggest obstacle a child faces in America is having being born into a poor family.

Apr 7, 2023 | skeptic.com | Robert Lynch

In my first year of graduate school at Rutgers, I attended a colloquium designed to forge connections between the cultural and biological wings of the anthropology department. It was the early 2000s, and anthropology departments across the country were splitting across disciplinary lines.