Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in history of economic thought
I just finished reading Robert Heilbroner’s excellent book The Worldly Philosophers. I forget who recommended it to me, but perhaps it was a mention in this blog by Dianne Coyle. Anyway, the book was first published in 1953 and has been through seven editions, with the last edition (which was the one I read) published…
Book review: The Worldly Philosophers
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: wind power
“… exchanged messages with others who shared his hatred of government in groups called Earth Militia, Total Earth Liberation and Neo Luddite Action. …”
“Make politicians afraid to start their cars again”: British Wannabe Ecoterrorist Jailed for 13 Years
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: European Union, solar power, wind power
Wind power acolytes exhibit all the hallmarks of a cult. 20 years on, and anyone with critical faculties can explain in a sentence why wind power will never amount to meaningful power generation source. But the cultist still believes – running on a mix of blind faith, ignorance and blissful stupidity. Cults are never big […]
Europe’s Wind Industry Collapse Leaves Wind Power Cult Searching For New False Idols
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in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
As you know, I go back and forth on the question of affirmative action for college and professional-school admissions, and even after I thought I’d settled on a view (i.e., give some preference to minorities among those equally qualified for admission), it still keeps changing. After I read the long New York Times piece below […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones on reparations for descendants of slaves
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in politics - Australia Tags: media bias
Sky News reports: The fact-checking director who oversees Mark Zuckerberg’s misinformation program on Facebook has been caught in secret emails colluding with a now disgraced operation which suppressed journalism during Australia’s Voice referendum. … RMIT FactLab was suspended from fact checking on Facebook after a Sky News Australia investigation in Augustfound the operation was filled with […]
Facebook Fact Checking
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism
Emeritus Professor of Engineering Mike Kelly has published a paper estimating the costs to New Zealand to achieve net zero emissions. He says three major projects would need to be completed: And this has to be done within the next 26 years. The electricity sector would need to grow from 155 PJ to 425 PJ. […]
The cost of net zero
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in energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: wind power
Rooftop solar / battery installations were the exception. Perhaps Aussie households are preparing for the coming grid failure?
Aussie Renewable Investment Slumped 80% in 2023
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, sports economics Tags: France, Olympic Games
There will be no air conditioning in the athletes’ rooms at Paris 2024, which has pledged to host the “greenest ever” Games. … Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo told those nations planning on installing air conditioning at the athletes’ village to “trust the science” instead..
‘Trust science’, Paris mayor boasts as city declares ‘there will be no air conditioning in Olympic athletes’ rooms ‘to cut the carbon footprint’ of summer Olympics
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in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
Imagine if the CIA and FBI were disinvited from the US National Security Council, and replaced by the head of the EPA. Because this is the grotesque level of government incompetence Aussies are enduring.
Aussie Security Committee Madness: Spy Agency Chiefs Kicked Out, Replaced by Climate Head
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA
Randall G. Holcombe writes at Independent Institute President Biden’s Climate Aspirations. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Most of what the political class calls policies are really aspirations with no policy content. They are feel-good statements that promote goals most people would support, with no associated policies that would […]
Elites’ Empty Climate Policies
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in Music
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought Tags: entrepreneurial alertness
TC: Let’s say you were Peter Boettke, and looking to pen a critique of Kirzner’s theory of entrepreneurship. You come from a slightly different branch of the Austrian school. How would you use that differential background to express your differences with the Kirznerian theory, which emphasizes alertness above all else as an entrepreneurial characteristic? “If […]
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