I invariably find articles published by the IEA interesting. Today’s article is an excellent example, written by Kristian Niemietz, Poverty Research Fellow at the IEA:

http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/the-living-wage-and-the-traps-of-motivated-reasoning

It covers the intriguing phenomenon of ‘motivated reasoning’, and gives a prime example in relation to boardroom quotas for women.