George Clooney writes: I’m a lifelong Democrat; I make no apologies for that. I’m proud of what my party represents and what it stands for. As part of my participation in the democratic process and in support of my chosen candidate, I have led some of the biggest fund-raisers in my party’s history. Barack Obama […]
Clooney says Biden must go
Clooney says Biden must go
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
‘Goes Beyond the Limits’: Judge Throws Out Blue City’s Climate Case Against Oil Giants
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
…simply a way to get in the back door what they cannot get in the front door,” Brown wrote in the ruling.
‘Goes Beyond the Limits’: Judge Throws Out Blue City’s Climate Case Against Oil Giants
Is France about to demonstrate “ideal” semi-presidentialism in action?
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: France
The outcome of the French assembly election of 2024 appears to have set up a situation that could be described as the “ideal” way that semi-presidential systems are meant to operate, based on how such governance models were articulated by their original theorists.
Is France about to demonstrate “ideal” semi-presidentialism in action?
Learn the Pirc Defense as Black | My Best Opening for Black | Chess Less…
11 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
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Zoning Matters for Rising Housing Costs, Especially After 1980
11 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
From a new working paper “The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890-2006” by Ronan C. Lyons, Allison Shertzer, Rowena Gray & David N. Agorastos (emphasis added): “Zoning was adopted by almost every city in our sample during the 1920s. We see a slightly steeper gradient over the next two periods (coefficients of .48 […]
Zoning Matters for Rising Housing Costs, Especially After 1980
Meet the next Green MP
10 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: cranks, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The next Green MP in on the List is Benjamin Doyle. This is his MA thesis: Here is a Master’s thesis crafted with, by, and for Rangatahi Takatāpui. It represents a labour of love for the community to which I belong, and seeks to generate understanding about the factors that enable LGBTQI+ Māori youth to […]
Meet the next Green MP
Perfectly Justified: Furious Communities Reject Wind & Solar Rollout
10 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: wind power
The wind and solar industries’ so-called ‘social licence’ evaporated, years ago. Now, rural communities are on the war path. These days, they’re better armed and better equipped to take on rent-seeking carpetbaggers who couldn’t care less about destroying their peaceful and prosperous communities. Thanks to sites like this one, community defenders can spot the lies […]
Perfectly Justified: Furious Communities Reject Wind & Solar Rollout
Antifa Radicals Elected to the French and European Parliaments
10 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA
For many years, I have testified and written about Antifa and its growing anti-free speech philosophy. Some Democratic leaders have embraced this violent movement, which continues to gain strength on campuses and its cities across the nation. It is also a global movement. That is reflected in the alarming election of Antifa candidates to the […]
Antifa Radicals Elected to the French and European Parliaments
The Pharmac Fiasco
09 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: drug lags, patents and copyrights
If you don’t understand how things work you make foolish mistakes. To explain how the government got into its cancer drugs muddle, we need to explain first how New Zealand’s pharmaceutical purchasing system works. There is a parallel between Pharmac and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The Government sets the monetary policy framework with […]
The Pharmac Fiasco
Still avoiding responsibility
09 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in business cycles, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: monetary policy
I was away when Reserve Bank chief economist Paul Conway gave his recent speech, “The road back to 2% inflation”, and since I didn’t see any material commentary on it I didn’t bother going back to it when I got home. But my son – honours student researching monetary policy (anyone wanting a young economist […]
Still avoiding responsibility
Energy, Business Groups Ask Supreme Court To Stop California From Forcing EVs On the Rest of America
09 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: constitutional law, federalism
Numerous trade associations are asking the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision that effectively allowed California to push electric vehicles (EVs) on the rest of the U.S.
Energy, Business Groups Ask Supreme Court To Stop California From Forcing EVs On the Rest of America
“This Our Finest Hour”: Democratic Insiders Support “Blitz Primary” After Blocking Primary Competition
09 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
A proposal is circulating in Washington to dump President Joe Biden and hold a “blitz primary” to choose a replacement. The proposal is the work of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations, and Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist and education philanthropist. The proposal is gaining support […]
“This Our Finest Hour”: Democratic Insiders Support “Blitz Primary” After Blocking Primary Competition
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