Cato’s Handbook on Affordability provides a set of policy recommendations for reducing unnecessary government-imposed costs. There’s the usual stuff you’d expect, much of which is US-focused.But a few bits are worth thinking about here too.In the chapter on healthcare, Cato suggests automatic removal of prescription-only requirements from medicines. They write:Eliminate prescription regulation. The FDA makes medicines…
Potential deregulations
Potential deregulations
08 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
Populist political party folly
08 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in Economics of international refugee law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: British politics, France, Germany
I wonder whether the massive support for the (AFD) Alternatives for Germany party in the Saxony state election, along with the sight of hundreds of Brits trying to stop illegal migrants arriving by boat from France, while Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, out rates all the other parties, will finally get western elites to face the […]
Populist political party folly
Some Comments on the Significance of Labor Unions for Economic Policy – Items – Collected Works of Milton Friedman
08 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour supply, Milton Friedman, survivor principle, unions
“To Write Well is to Think Clearly”: David McCullough
08 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, politics - USA
The great historian David McCullough (1933-2022) won the Pulitzer prize for biography twice, for his books on Truman and John Adams, but he also wrote best-selling books on the Panama Canal, the Johnstown Flood, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Wright brothers, and others. Here are his comments in a 2002 interview with Bruce Cole on the…
“To Write Well is to Think Clearly”: David McCullough
IN THE ARENA: THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN WAR, PEACE AND REVOLUTION by David S. Brown
07 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, politics - USA
(Theodore Roosevelt at his Sagamore Hill home). There are numerous memorable biographies of Theodore Roosevelt. The best include the three volume work of Edmund Morris, Henry Pringle’s Pulitzer prize winning effort, David McCullogh’s National Book Award MORNING ON HORSEBACK, and Kathleen Dalton, H.W. Brands, and Nathan Miller’s critical works, among others. There are also a […]
IN THE ARENA: THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN WAR, PEACE AND REVOLUTION by David S. Brown
America is still poised for a data center boom
07 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, energy economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation
Eric Levitz, via Matt Yglesias. The post America is still poised for a data center boom appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
America is still poised for a data center boom
How economics is changing
07 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in history of economic thought
As a proportion of the literature, research about econometric theory, monetary policy and corporate governance has slumped. Meanwhile, papers on development, crime and gender are on the up. This could perhaps be because of changing intellectual interests, or maybe demand-side pressures, such as policymaker priorities and external funding… Research from Prashant Garg, a postdoctoral researcher…
How economics is changing
How Much Redistribution Will AI Require?
07 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: creative destruction
How much redistribution will AI require? A common scenario is that AI raises output enormously, but labor’s share of income collapses. GDP per capita goes up but workers get poorer, and making workers whole requires massive redistribution. In my latest paper, I run the numbers and conclude that this is probably incorrect. The idea is…
How Much Redistribution Will AI Require?
Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule
06 Sep 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, media bias, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
This week Israeli security forces announced the capture of Mu’in al Arabid, reported to be a senior Hamas internal security and intelligence chief, identified… The post Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule
N.C. Court Has Jurisdiction over Alienation of Affection Claim Brought Against Ex-Arizona-Senator Kyrsten Sinema
06 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics
This tort, which lets people sue their spouses’ lovers for interfering with the marriage, is litigated in about 150 new cases per year in North Carolina.
N.C. Court Has Jurisdiction over Alienation of Affection Claim Brought Against Ex-Arizona-Senator Kyrsten Sinema
Quotation of the Day…
06 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in David Friedman, international economics
Tweet… is from page 179 of David Friedman’s superb 1996 book, Hidden Order: A capital inflow occurs because foreign investors can get a higher real interest rate here than at home. If the reason the interest rate is high is, as sometimes asserted, that Americans have become increasingly impatient, unwilling to give up present utility…
Quotation of the Day…
Quotation of the Day…
05 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, international economics
Tweet… is from page 213 of Menzie Chinn’s and Douglas Irwin’s superb 2025 textbook, International Economics: The past few decades have been an era of globalization. Most countries have moved to reduce trade barriers and take advantage of growing world trade. How have they done so? One way a country can reduce its tariff and…
Quotation of the Day…
Not manifestly unjust
05 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, criminal deterrence
The Herald reports: A woman who murdered her two children, stuffed their bodies into suitcases and abandoned them in a storage unit has had seven years taken off the time she must spend behind bars. Hakyung Lee is still subject to a life sentence, but her minimum non-parole period has been cut from 17 years…
Not manifestly unjust
Why is the BBC Misrepresenting Jewish History?
05 Sep 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: age of empires, Israel, West Bank
One of the BBC’s duties, alongside accurate and impartial news content, is to educate. The first public purpose item in the BBC’s Royal Charter… The post Why is the BBC Misrepresenting Jewish History? appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Why is the BBC Misrepresenting Jewish History?
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