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Marx explained
01 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice
It is wonderful to put inefficient firms out of business
31 Aug 2024 1 Comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction
The differences between the most and least productive companies can be startlingly high. By one estimate, in the US alone the most productive firms in a sector can be more than two to four times more cost-effective than the least productive ones. Given the size of those discrepancies, any expansion of trade or innovation that makes […]
It is wonderful to put inefficient firms out of business
DESTROY 1.d4 With This Aggressive Opening [London System Players Hate It]
31 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
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The Moscow State Conference – Black Sea Revolutionaries I THE GREAT WAR …
31 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Creative destruction
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in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation Tags: The Great Enrichment
Why the @NZGreens are beside the point
31 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, technological progress Tags: child poverty, family poverty, The Great Enrichment
European Policies = European Stagnation
31 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, welfare reform Tags: Europe, social insurance
I’ve written many times about how Americans are much richer than Europeans. And I’ve also written many times that the U.S. economy has been growing faster (which shouldn’t happen according to convergence theory). There’s a simple reason for America’s superior performance. The U.S. is burdened by a medium-sized welfare state and a bad tax system […]
European Policies = European Stagnation
Let Candace speak
30 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: conspiracy theorists, The Holocaust
Newsroom reports: The Government should closely scrutinise the visa application of Holocaust denier Candace Owens, the chair of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand has urged. Owens, an American far-right activist with a history of antisemitic, Islamophobic and homophobic comments, is visiting Auckland in November as part of a speaking tour which will also take […]
Let Candace speak
The child poverty conundrum
30 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, kittens, labour economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty
Lindsay Mitchell writes – The Child Poverty Report 2024 has just been published. It’s an overview and selected findings, as opposed to a full report which is due in 2025. Poverty can be measured in various ways.
The child poverty conundrum
Serious scamming
30 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, law and economics Tags: law and order
Aussie EV Ambition Collides with Grid Shortage Reality
30 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: electric cars, solar power, wind power
Can anyone on team green do simple math?
Aussie EV Ambition Collides with Grid Shortage Reality
Zuckerberg’s Censorship Admission is More Contrived than Contrite
29 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in liberalism, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, 2024 presidential election, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Below is my column in Fox.com on the admission of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that Facebook yielded to pressure of the Biden Administration to censor citizens. The admission, however, appears more contrived than contrite. Here is the column: “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about…
Zuckerberg’s Censorship Admission is More Contrived than Contrite
The 1934 German Head of State Referendum: A Pivotal Moment in Nazi Consolidation of Power
29 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Nazi Germany
The 1934 German head-of-state referendum, held on August 19, stands as a crucial moment in the Nazi regime’s consolidation of power. Following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934, Adolf Hitler sought to solidify his grip on Germany by merging the offices of President and Chancellor, thus assuming the title of […]
The 1934 German Head of State Referendum: A Pivotal Moment in Nazi Consolidation of Power
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