The Costs and Benefits of Monopoly
19 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation
Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They’re Backtracking.
19 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: offsetting behavior, regressive left, unintended consequences
Policymakers across the country are confronting the unfortunate—and predictable—economic results of prohibiting restaurants from paying servers a lower base wage supplemented by tips.
Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They’re Backtracking.
Caturday felid trifecta: Cat breeds that can’t be rehomed; cat taste testers; Pasadena’s CatCon; and lagniappe
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in cats
We have three items today. The first, from AnimalsAroundTheGlobe, describes 19 cat breeds that, so the author claims, bond so much with their staff that they can’t subequently find new staff. Click to read: An excerpt: Most people think cats are aloof, coolly indifferent little roommates who “don’t really care who feeds them.” That myth…
Caturday felid trifecta: Cat breeds that can’t be rehomed; cat taste testers; Pasadena’s CatCon; and lagniappe
The blockade is working
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, energy economics, international economics, resource economics, war and peace Tags: Iran, Middle-East politics
Erick Erickson writes: Crude exports from the Persian Gulf are back at pre-war levels. J.P. Morgan puts the 10-day average at 17.5 million barrels a day, which is 98 percent of where it stood before the war. Goldman Sachs estimates the region exported 19 million barrels a day over the past week. Brent has come…
The blockade is working
Tiger I: A Tank Too Heavy For Hitler’s War? – Nazi Rearmament 10
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
BRINK: INSIDE THE RACE TO FREE THE OCTOBER 7TH HOSTAGES by Brett McGurk
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
(Children’s toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child’s bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 17) The role of the Gaza War which began with the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023, plays an important role in our current political climate. The […]
BRINK: INSIDE THE RACE TO FREE THE OCTOBER 7TH HOSTAGES by Brett McGurk
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Most Powerful Henchman
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Most Powerful Lieutenant Hermann Wilhelm Göring was one of the most influential, flamboyant, and ruthless figures in Nazi Germany. A decorated fighter pilot from the First World War, he became one of Adolf Hitler’s earliest political allies, the founder of the Gestapo’s predecessor, the commander-in-chief of the […]
Hermann Göring: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Most Powerful Henchman
Rent control according to Seinfeld
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: rent control
My ECONS101 lecture today covered price controls, and as examples we discussed the minimum wage (as an example of a price floor) and rent control (as an example of a price ceiling). 611 more words
Rent control according to Seinfeld
Steve Vladeck’s “Hard Questions About Court Expansion”
17 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law, regressive left
A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response to its flaws.
Steve Vladeck’s “Hard Questions About Court Expansion”
Guest Post: Max Harris
17 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, useful idiots, war against terror
A guest post by Juliet Moses: I recently heard Max Harris, the Labour Party candidate for Tamaki, speak at an event. He introduced himself as having a “strong moral compass”. That’s a bit odd, I thought, and more than a bit self-righteous. Sometimes you hear someone describing someone else that way, but not self-identifying as such.…
Guest Post: Max Harris
What Happens When 2 Dan Sullivans Run for the Same Senate Seat?
17 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
Should it be illegal to run for office against someone with your same name?
What Happens When 2 Dan Sullivans Run for the Same Senate Seat?
Is Lichtenstein an actual monarchy?
17 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, law and economics
It seems so: Internal documents reviewed by the FT show that three days earlier, behind the walls of Vaduz Castle, Europe’s wealthiest ruling dynasty had quietly approved an overhaul that strengthens the authority of a prince who already wields extraordinary power over his 42,000 citizens, while reducing some of the rights and checks exercised by…
Is Lichtenstein an actual monarchy?
Socialism at Its Finest: The U.S. Transit Industry
16 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, politics - USA, transport economics, urban economics
A recent Gallup poll found that 43 percent of Americans have a positive view of socialism, the highest share since the polling firm began asking the question in 2010. The greatest support, 57 percent, comes from people under age 35 who weren’t yet born when the fall of the Soviet … Continue reading →
Socialism at Its Finest: The U.S. Transit Industry
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