TweetRyan Bourne explains that “burrito-gate reflects inflation’s toxic legacy.” Brian Albrecht carefully lays out the likely consequences of Mamdani’s government-run grocery stores. National Review‘s Jim Geraghty is right: “Both parties embrace what’s popular and abandon what’s right.” A slice: The Republican president keeps taking a government stake in private companies, now up to 30 firms.…
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14 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
Dr. Fauci’s Contempt of Congress Can Be Challenged but his Contempt for the Public Cannot be Denied
14 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
“Today I am the most famous and talked-about person in the country.” Those words from the diary of Dr. Anthony…
Dr. Fauci’s Contempt of Congress Can Be Challenged but his Contempt for the Public Cannot be Denied
Hedy Lamarr and WiFi during World War II
13 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, entrepreneurship, technological progress, war and peace Tags: World War II
Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914 in Vienna, Austria, is best known for her work as a Hollywood actress during the Golden Age of cinema. However, her contributions to science and technology, particularly her co-invention of a technology that laid the groundwork for WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS, have garnered increasing recognition. Lamarr’s […]
Hedy Lamarr and WiFi during World War II
A rent control experiment
13 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights Tags: offsetting behavior, rent control, unintended consequences
The Flensburg Government—The Last Convulsions of the Third Reich
12 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, World War II
The Flensburg Government refers to a short-lived, provisional government of Nazi Germany that existed in the final days of World War II, from May 2 to May 23, 1945. Named after the town of Flensburg in northern Germany, near the Danish border, where it was headquartered, this government represented the last vestiges of the Third […]
The Flensburg Government—The Last Convulsions of the Third Reich
Alex Tabarrok on the Economic Analysis of Crime
12 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, Gary Becker, history of economic thought, law and economics
I tell my Gary Becker story, why I like police more than prisons, how criminals are like children and more. The post Alex Tabarrok on the Economic Analysis of Crime appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Alex Tabarrok on the Economic Analysis of Crime
Utopian Dreams of Net-Zero
12 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmentalism Tags: wind power, solar power, climate alarmism, climate activists
Whether one believes in the CO2 hypothesis or not, more fossils are existential. Both to ensure progress and growth, and to cope with climate change, manmade or not. The post Utopian Dreams of Net-Zero appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Utopian Dreams of Net-Zero
The folly of the DSA
12 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left
If you already think the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are bad, have a gander at this interview. An article in the Times of Israel (click screenshot below) summarizes a New Yorker interview, also on video (below), with Megan Romer, current co-chair of the DSA. As you know, DSA members or affiliates are winning important…
The folly of the DSA
SST lashes crazy TOP policy
11 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: 2026 general election
Chris Lynch reports: The Sensible Sentencing Trust has launched a blistering attack on The Opportunity Party’s policy to raise the age of Youth Court jurisdiction, describing it as one of the craziest ideas it has seen in years. Opportunity’s “Smart on Crime” policy promised until recently to “raise the age of the youth court jurisdiction…
SST lashes crazy TOP policy
Deliberately keeping people waiting
11 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
In May 2008, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reportedly kept Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, then Chief of the Defence Force, and Michael L’Estrange, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, waiting for several hours outside his office before a scheduled meeting. L’Estrange reportedly missed an engagement with the French ambassador as a result. It is not as if […]
Deliberately keeping people waiting
The limits Una Jagose KC cannot name
11 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law
When former Solicitor-General Una Jagose KC told a Law Association breakfast on 2 July 2026 that New Zealand risks “sleepwalking” towards a collapse of the separation of powers, she framed herself as the constitution’s anxious guardian. The framing deserves scrutiny.
The limits Una Jagose KC cannot name
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10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, income redistribution, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: rent control
TweetChristine Rosen uncovers evidence of the pathetic appeal of the DSA. Two slices: But one aspect of the DSA’s appeal has been too often overlooked, particularly by conservative critics: its appeal as a form of instant community for a generation that often lacks one. DSA supporters are a highly homogenous group: 85 percent of DSA…
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Why Has It Been So Hot This Summer?
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood We’ve been bombarded with claims all summer of record heatwaves. But away from the Met Office’s dodgy weather stations next to airport runways and in walled gardens, the Central England Temperature Series tells a different story.
Why Has It Been So Hot This Summer?
Immigration and Macroeconomic Outcomes in OECD Countries
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply Tags: economics of immigration
OECD countries experienced declining native population growth and rising net immigration over 1990-2024. We compile a new dataset of net immigration rates to OECD countries from all origins and show that most of the increase came from non-OECD countries and was predominantly high-skilled. Push factors, network effects, and policy indices explain little of the large…
Immigration and Macroeconomic Outcomes in OECD Countries
How Socialist Were the Nazis Really?
10 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in economic history, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics Tags: Nazi Germany
A conversation with Kristian Niemietz
How Socialist Were the Nazis Really?
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