A thinko-piece for those wondering why Jews do better

[editec]

More specifically, a call for economists to more formally study this question.

Some of you might find this amusing. Among other things it suggests that FAMILY VALUES (the ethnic family values to be more precise) are probably a bit part of that.

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Up from the Shtetl

A look at the historical experience of the Jews shows that while most Jews were mired in poverty at the beginning of the twentieth century, over time they tended to do disproportionately well in societies that allowed them to compete on an equal basis. That was the case first in central and western Europe, and then in the United States.

Forced by racist laws and cultures to find new markets and business models

Moreover, in much of Europe, Jews had long been excluded from most of the established economy of land ownership, and from many other fields that were reserved for Christians. So they learned to be on the lookout for new opportunities in underserved markets, working as peddlers, for example, or creating new products, or new forms of marketing.

Already thinking like internationalists rather than parochialists

Social networks also played an important role. Jews were spread across many countries, but to some extent shared a common language and a sense of common fate. So they were more aware of distant opportunities, had more international contacts, and were disproportionately active in international trade.

Given by culturation to respect education and deferred gratification

In addition, Jews had a religious culture that promoted universal adult literacy – at least for men – and a culture that respected book learning. Those attitudes and dispositions were transferred from religious texts to secular forms of education. As a result, Jews were highly oriented toward education, and willing to defer current pleasures and income to obtain more of it.

They were both prepared for, and channeled into the SERVICE Economy which has been replacing and dominating economic activity since the dawn of the Industrial revolution

The fastest growing sectors of the economy since the late nineteenth century have been those loosely classified as “service industries,” often involving the dissemination of information and entertainment – activities in which Jews have been especially prominent, from publishing to vaudeville and from movies to commercial sports. They also tended to do disproportionately well in the learned professions – such as medicine, law, and accounting – that are so central to modern capitalist society.

Now, I recognize that the above is a simply explanation and needs additional formal economic study.

Likewise, I accept that the above sinmple explanations also won't suit those whose presuppositions about Jews are based on a kneejerking hatred for that tribe

However, those of us not given to ethnic conceits and prejudices will recognize that much of what the JEWS were FORCED by history to learn, coupled with that cultures propensity to seek education, will see that the JEWISH ETHNIC of the emerging industrializiong Europe and the West was already the IDEAL preparation to take advantage of the CHANGING conditions in economics and the business models that served the emerging MODERN POST INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY.

Oh yeah, one more point for those of you given to reading books like the BELL CURVE?

The fact that statistically Jews average about 15 IQ points higher than the median are likely to have something to do with this outcome in the last 150 years.

OR.......

one can assume that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion explains it all.

Take your pick, folks.

You can choose to study history and consider the logic implications of it, or you can join our resident NAZIs who are more satisfied with a conspiracy theory.

 

[California Girl]

Nazis?

Really?

Who, on this board, has slaughtered millions of people?

I would have thought you were intelligent enough not to make such a pathetic and insulting comparison. We have no Nazis on this board. No matter how much certain posters may wish we did.

 

[JStone]

Jewish Nobel Prize Winners
Chemistry: 20% of world total; 28% of US total
Economics: 42% of world total; 56% of US total
Literature: 12% of world total; 27% of US total
Physics: 25% of world total; 36% of US total
Medicine: 27% of world total; 40% of US total

Jewish Pulitzer Prize Winners
Fiction: 14% of all recipients
Poetry: 20% of recipients
Non-Fiction: 51% of recipients
Drama: 34% of recipients

Jewish Academy Award Winners
Best Original Song: 51% of recipients
Best Musical Scoring of A Motion Picture: 50% of total
Best Musical Production: 64% of recipients

Jewish Tony Award Winners
Best Play: 44% of recipients
Best Book: 53% of recipients
Original Screenplay: 36% of recipients

Kyoto Prize Winners
Jews 25% of all recipients

US National Medal Of Science
Jews 38% of all recipients

Lasker Award In Medical Research
Jews 33% of recipients

Gairdner Foundation Award
Jews 27% of recipients

Alfred Sloan Prize For Cancer Research
Jews 35% of recipients

Priestly Medal
Jews 22% of all recipients

Welch Award In Chemistry
30% of all recipients

Cope Award In Chemistry
Jews 27% of all recipients

Debye Award In Chemistry
Jews 24% of all recipients

IEEE Award In Information Theory
Jews 37% of all recipients

von Neumann Mathematics Theory Award
Jews 40% of all recipients

Clark Medal In Economics
Jews 65% of all recipients

Fields Medal In Mathematics
Jews 27% of recipients

Wolf Prize In Mathematics
Jews: 38% of recipients

Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
Jews: 58% of recipients

Bocher Memorial Prize In Mathematics
Jews: 45% of recipients

Cole Prize In Mathematics
Jews: 46% of recipients

Jews Profiled In 20th Century Thinkers: 30% of those profiled

Enrico Fermi Award
Jews 52% of all recipients

Atoms For Peace Award
Jews 52% of recipients

Dirac Medal
Jews 37% of recipients

100 Most Psychologists of 20th Century
Jews 39% of total

 

[William Joyce]

Take your pick, folks.

Why should we have to do that?

Our two choices are: Jews are super-humans, or Jews are super-evil...

What if there are elements of both involved?

Psychology prof Kevin MacDonald describes Jews as an evolutionarily-forged group that has remained separate from the rest of us and finds itself competing for power and resources from that footing. High IQ's are certainly a part of it, but so is a willingness to favor the in-group and disregard the welfare of the out-group.