John Stossel poses the question: Do looks matter? Economist John List ran an experiment with six people who posed as door-to-door solicitors for a fake childrens hospital. One good-looking female solicitor raised three times more than the average. Next, the female solicitors had their hair dyed blonde. A different female solicitor raised twice as much money when she was blonde. Notably, even women gave more money to blondes! How much is attractiveness worth?
Write a paragraph correlating the video that you watched to the course concept of discrimination. Think of an example where you either witnessed or were involved in a scenario where there was discrimination involved in an economic decision. Make sure that you utilize economic theory that we are learning in this unit to develop and clarify your paragraph.
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