Jobava London System: White creates a SIMPLE ATTACKING MACHINE!
29 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
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Productivity Commission gone tomorrow, Māori Health Authority gone in June – so what should we do with the Waitangi Tribunal?
28 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking
The Productivity Commission will cease operations tomorrow, to make way for the new Ministry for Regulation. On the same day, the Waitangi Tribunal will begin an urgent inquiry into the government’s proposal to disestablish the Māori Health Authority. But legislation passed under urgency by Parliament will result in the authority being shut down by the end […]
Productivity Commission gone tomorrow, Māori Health Authority gone in June – so what should we do with the Waitangi Tribunal?
Life is full of tradeoffs: if we want more nickel to make EV batteries we might have to use more coal
28 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: unintended consequences
See One Country’s Dream of EV-Driven Prosperity Helps Fuel a Coal Binge Instead: Indonesia pitches its plan to leverage natural resources as a model for other developing nations by Jon Emont of The WSJ. Excerpts:”A few years ago, Indonesia set out to turn its treasure trove of nickel into an electric-car manufacturing boom.It imposed a sweeping…
Life is full of tradeoffs: if we want more nickel to make EV batteries we might have to use more coal
Is ESG investing illegal?
28 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming Tags: active investing
For fund managers, it may violate their fiduciary responsibility (to maximize returns) to their shareholders. Apparently, the legal risk is too big for JP Morgan, State Street, and BlackRock: Asset managers have been walking a fine legal line. GOP Attorneys General in 2022 warned that they might be violating their fiduciary obligations and antitrust laws.…
Is ESG investing illegal?
How to Play Against the Bishop’s Opening as Black [TRAPS Included]
28 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
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Aussie Energy Execs Urge a Coal Backup “Safety Net” to Ease the Net Zero Transition
28 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Australia, wind power
“… the pace of the renewables coming forward is too slow, relative to the ambitions articulated for the nation …”
Aussie Energy Execs Urge a Coal Backup “Safety Net” to Ease the Net Zero Transition
“We Don’t Do That Here.”: Former NY Times Editor Blasts the “Gray Lady” for Bias and Activism
28 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: free speech, media bias, political correctness, regressive left
Former New York Times editor Adam Rubenstein has a lengthy essay at The Atlantic that pulls back the curtain on the newspaper and its alleged bias in its coverage. The essay follows similar pieces from former editors and writers that range from Bari Weiss to Rubenstein’s former colleague James Bennet. The essay describes a similar […]
“We Don’t Do That Here.”: Former NY Times Editor Blasts the “Gray Lady” for Bias and Activism
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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