Glasbergen Cartoons by Randy Glasbergen for September 30, 2014

No. So one day when I’m rich and famous I’ll start my own empire where men will only earn a fraction of their female counter parts.

i dont try to push any political point of view. i just try to write about topics that people are talking about, topics i hope they are interested in or can relate to.

Also, please remember its not ME talking in the cartoon, it is somebody’s boss making a stupid comment. He is just a character in a cartoon, not a self portrait.

I worked in a place where a woman co-worker was paid more than me. She knew more and had more experience. It didn’t bother me any.

Too bad more people don’t know Gary Becker’s work. He proved that pay discrimination, based on anything other than performance, gives a strong advantage to those competitors who discriminate only based on performance. The argument stuck with me 40 years ago, when I was an undergrad.

Should have used hyphens, to make it clear. He proved that pay discrimination, based on anything-other-than-performance, gives a strong advantage to those competitors who discriminate only-based-on-performance.

If employers could get the same work for less pay, you know they would. So they’re not going to pay a man more just because he’s a man (upper body strength excepted).