UK barrister, international law advocate, and legal director of UK Lawyers for Israel Natasha Hausdorff has argued several times on video why Israeli’s occupation of Area C of the West Bank is neither illegal nor constitutes “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians. Remember, according to the 1995 Oslo II accords, Areas A and B are largely under…
Natasha Hausdorff on Israel’s “illegal” settlements and “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians
Natasha Hausdorff on Israel’s “illegal” settlements and “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians
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in defence economics, International law, law and economics, laws of war, property rights, war and peace Tags: Israel, West Bank
The Economics of a Shrinking World
27 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, econometerics, economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, population economics
From Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde and Patrick Norrick: As of 2026, humanity is likely below replacement fertility. That has never happened before, not in wars or pandemics. But the real surprise is that the fall has been concentrated in low- and middle-income countries and among poorer and less educated women. We fit a single-factor model to 236…
The Economics of a Shrinking World
Two AI summaries of @Dandolfa on deficient demand
26 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, fiscal policy, history of economic thought, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, unemployment Tags: monetary policy
George Williams on the bail jumper
26 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - USA
Assange is a hero to many, but even a hero must comply with the ordinary criminal law, whether it be that of Australia, Britain or Sweden. Important principles of freedom of speech and open government are at stake, but these should not blind us to the importance of the rule of law. No one should be above the law, not even Assange.
James Buchanan was an unusual neoliberal
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in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, James Buchanan, James Buchanan, labour economics, labour supply, Milton Friedman, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: inheritance tax, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment
Sinn Fein’s Links to PLO, Hamas, ETA and of course, IRA and Other Terrorist Organisations
26 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: war against terror
I have to set this out at the start of this post. None of this has been investigated by me, it has all been done by other journalists. However all of this has been verified by me. All the relevant links are included in the post. It is also noteworthy to mention that I don’t […]
Sinn Fein’s Links to PLO, Hamas, ETA and of course, IRA and Other Terrorist Organisations
Dual labor markets and efficiency wages
26 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of information, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, personnel economics, poverty and inequality Tags: dual labour markets, efficiency wage
The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views of Socialism
26 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA
Karl Marx believed that “Democracy is the road to socialism.” Socialists seem to have found a generation of dupes to…
The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views of Socialism
The Anti-Nazi Law
25 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA Tags: constitutional law, free speech, political correctness
In the 1930s, New Jersey passed the most sweeping hate speech law in American history. [UPDATE: Originally erroneously posted under Eugene Volokh’s byline; this post is from guest-blogger Samantha Barbas.]
The Anti-Nazi Law
Scott Freeman on the money multiplier
25 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, econometerics, economic history, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: monetary policy
Compensating differentials
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in Adam Smith, applied price theory, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality
Tea drinking and mortality in pre-industrial England
24 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
The importance of clean water for public health is thoroughly uncontroversial in modern times. In the temporary absence of a safe water source, one recommendation is to boil water for drinking, which will kill off most bacteria and other pathogens. 668 more words
Tea drinking and mortality in pre-industrial England
The Accidental President by A.J. Baime (2017)
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in defence economics, economic history, International law, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: World War II
‘No man ever came to the presidency of the United States under more difficult circumstances than does Harry S. Truman.’ (Uncredited Los Angeles Times columnist in April 1945) ‘Those French ought to be taken out and castrated.’ (One of Truman’s shooting-from-the-hip opinions) This is the tenth new book I’ve ordered from Amazon which has arrived […]
The Accidental President by A.J. Baime (2017)
The Far-Left Wins Berlin’s Election on the Promise of Seizing Private Apartments
24 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, regulation, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: Germany, rent control
The Left wants to cure the city’s high housing costs by expropriating 225,000 apartments owned by large real estate corporations.
The Far-Left Wins Berlin’s Election on the Promise of Seizing Private Apartments
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