Judicial independence and the reliance on tikanga in New Zealand courts
A Sacred Trust Betrayed
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
‘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”
William Nordhaus, 1941-2026
02 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, environmental economics, history of economic thought, macroeconomics
I was saddened to hear of the passing of William Nordhaus last Friday. Nordhaus won the Nobel Prize in 2018 “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis”, and it is his work on climate change and economics that he might be best known for. However, that was far from his only contribution to economics.…
William Nordhaus, 1941-2026
Polynesian navigation and Indigenous “ways of knowing”
02 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, transport economics Tags: political correctness, regressive left
Jerry Coyne writes – One of the most-cited empirical achievements of indigenous peoples is the ability of Polynesians, Melanesians, and Micronesians to navigate their way across vast, unmarked expanses of the Pacific Ocean to get to small, uninhabited islands. How did they do it? And, regardless of their navigational methods, how many attempted voyages failed, […]
Polynesian navigation and Indigenous “ways of knowing”
Children of the Führer: The Fanaticism and Fury of the Hitler Youth
02 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, World War II
In the dying embers of the Third Reich, when the skies above Germany burned red and the cities lay in ruins, the last defenders of Adolf Hitler’s empire were not seasoned soldiers—but children.Boys who only months earlier had drilled with wooden rifles now faced tanks and artillery. Their voices had barely deepened, yet they screamed […]
Children of the Führer: The Fanaticism and Fury of the Hitler Youth
Those new service sector jobs?
02 Nov 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, entrepreneurship, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiring to stage armed robberies so that the purported victims could apply for U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims. From 2022 to 2024, PARTH NAYI organized and participated in hundreds of staged armed robberies at coffee shops, restaurants, liquor stores, and gas…
Those new service sector jobs?
Interview: What Robert Caro learned about power after studying it for 50 years
01 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA
The Morally Bankrupt Death Cult of Che Guevara, Part II
01 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics Tags: Cuba
As part of my 2017 series on the tragic history of communism, I wrote a column about the bizarre affection on the left for Che Guevara. Why is it bizarre? Well, watch this video. I hardly need to add anything. Che Guevara was a reprehensible human being. So the rest of this column will recycle […]
The Morally Bankrupt Death Cult of Che Guevara, Part II
A Libertarian Perspective on the 2026 Election
01 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in libertarianism, politics - USA
Why we should vote “Democrat by Default” for federal offices – with a few rare exceptions. I build on a post by political philosopher Dan Shapiro.
A Libertarian Perspective on the 2026 Election
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