When looking at party vote, most people think of left/right “blocs” which in my view is leaving aside certain nuances. For a start, anyone who thinks NZ First is securely in the “right” bloc doesn’t know history, as NZ First has gone into coalition with Labour as many times as National. Secondly, the differences between…
So about that party vote?
So about that party vote?
05 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand Tags: 2026 general election
Nurse is suspended for stealing from a patient – but is that more forgivable than a Treaty breach?
05 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational regulation, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Bob Edlin writes – PoO is intrigued by the case of the nurse who says he is extremely sorry for stealing a disabled patient’s debit card to fund his gambling proclivities. NewstalkZB reports He stole the debit card four times in October 2024 and made nine withdrawals, pocketing more than $4000 in cash for the […]
Nurse is suspended for stealing from a patient – but is that more forgivable than a Treaty breach?
The economics of tips
05 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics
Tipping is large and growing, but we know little about its consequences for workers and firms. We link point-of-sale and payroll records at 20,000 U.S. firms, which lets us observe tips from customer payment to worker earnings. We find that tips are a nearly constant share of revenue, which means hourly pay moves with revenue.…
The economics of tips
Ireland fact of the day
05 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Ireland, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment
Almost half of Ireland’s corporation tax haul comes from just three companies: Apple, Eli Lilly and Microsoft. Here is much more from Jude Webber at the FT, on why Ireland does not always feel or operate like a wealthy country. The post Ireland fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Ireland fact of the day
Bernard Keenan and Ewan Smith: Proscription, Proportion and Palestine Action – Part 2
04 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: British constitutional law, British politics, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, Gaza Strip, law and order, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Introduction Part 1 of this post explained the central problem in the Ammori litigation. We summarized why the Divisional Court ([2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) thought the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action was unlawful, and why the Court of Appeal ([2026] EWCA Civ 721) reversed that decision. We also highlighted how each court approached…
Bernard Keenan and Ewan Smith: Proscription, Proportion and Palestine Action – Part 2
Douglas vs Seymour
04 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2026 general election
Roger Douglas released: Muldoon Is Back — Only the Names Have Changed: ACT’s proposed KiwiSaver tax exemption risks repeating the mistakes of New Zealand’s protected economic past ACT’s proposal to make KiwiSaver investment earnings tax-free raises an important question: is this good economic policy, or is it an attempt to win votes by offering another…
Douglas vs Seymour
The Great Enrichment
04 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment
A Sacred Trust Betrayed
03 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law
Judicial independence and the reliance on tikanga in New Zealand courts
A Sacred Trust Betrayed
‘Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,’ by Armen Alchian & Harold Demsetz
03 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Armen Alchian, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, market efficiency, property rights, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm
In “Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,” Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz ask when joint production works better inside a firm than across markets, and what form that firm takes. Their answers turn on a measurement problem: When people produce together, total output doesn’t reveal what each person contributed. Measuring individual contributions is costly, and…
‘Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,’ by Armen Alchian & Harold Demsetz
The left does not have a monopoly on empathy
03 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in election campaigns, environmentalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand
Ani O’Brien writes – Compassion for me, contempt for thee: Chloe Swarbrick and the politics of selective compassion. When a man approached the home of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters with a crowbar last year, Peters was not home. However, when the man shattered a window sending glass raining down on Kobe the black […]
The left does not have a monopoly on empathy
Sweden government formation 2026
03 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in politics, Public Choice, constitutional political economy Tags: Sweden
Since we are all comparativists on this blog, I [Yibo] am comparing Israel to the ongoing Swedish government formation. The 2026 Swedish election was fought clearly between two blocs of four parties each.
Sweden government formation 2026
Movie: “Paging Hezbollah”
02 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Middle-East politics, war against terror
The movie “Paging Hezbollah” came out two days ago, and it’s a film worth noting, as Liel Leibovitz has done at the Free Press. I don’t know if it will be available on Netflix, but for sure you won’t find it at the local theater, nor will you see it reviewed in the NYT (I…
Movie: “Paging Hezbollah”
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