Here’s an eight-minute clip from Bill Maher in which he touts a new rule: 2024 is supposed to be “The Year of Sanity”. Maher gives several examples of pervasive insanity, the most prominent being the likely reelection of Trump as President. He also mentions tolerance of shoplifting, pro-Palestinian activists, admiration for the Houthis, frantic rumors […]
Bill Maher has a new rule, which is his
Bill Maher has a new rule, which is his
21 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, television, TV shows
Guardian: A third of British Teenagers think Climate Change is Exaggerated
21 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism

According to the Guardian, climate deniers have influenced teens by infiltrating youtube with disinformation videos.
Guardian: A third of British Teenagers think Climate Change is Exaggerated
The periodical Science touts Indigenous science
20 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, conjecture and refutation, free speech, philosophy of science, regressive left

That this editorial appears in the premier journal Science, and is one of a growing number of pieces urging us to respect “indigenous ways of knowing”, suggests that the woke movement has sprouted a new branch. It’s one I’ve discussed many times with respect to Māori “ways of knowing” (Mātauranga Māori, or MM) in New […]
The periodical Science touts Indigenous science
The story of life
20 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: evolutionary biology

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Hitting The Houthis.
20 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
Action Stations: The New Zealand Left has conflated the ten UN members condemning Houthi attacks on vessels transiting the Red Sea with the six states involved in the air and naval attacks on Houthi military targets. Veteran leftist Robert Reid, like most New Zealanders, knows full well that the RNZAF possesses no aircraft even remotely…
Hitting The Houthis.
Fighting on Alpine Peaks – Call for Self Determination I THE GREAT WAR W…
19 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Milei Speaks Truth to WEF Elite Power
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights Tags: Argentina

Argentina’s President Javier Milei had a warning for those attending the annual WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland; ‘the Western world is in danger’ from ‘collectivist experiments’ such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and has called on the world to reject socialism and instead embrace “free enterprise capitalism” to end global poverty. H/T zerohedge “Today, […]
Milei Speaks Truth to WEF Elite Power
KARL DU FRESNE: The striking outpouring of media empathy for Golriz Ghahraman
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand
Karl du Fresne writes – Rarely has the media’s all-pervasive pro-Left bias been demonstrated more emphatically than in the outpouring of empathy for Golriz Ghahraman. In the past 24 hours, the tone of media commentary on the scandal surrounding the former Green MP has shifted with striking uniformity. The focus has conveniently been diverted from […]
KARL DU FRESNE: The striking outpouring of media empathy for Golriz Ghahraman
Wind turbines kill too many birds and bats. How can we make them safer?
19 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming

By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler . Even the greeniacs are starting to understand the damage to wildlife from wind turbines: As wind power grows around the world, so does the threat turbines pose to wildlife. From simple fixes to high-tech solutions, researchers are finding ways to reduce the toll.
Wind turbines kill too many birds and bats. How can we make them safer?
Avoiding scrutiny
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in business cycles, economics of bureaucracy, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: monetary policy

Regular readers will recall that I have, intermittently, been on the trail of the approach taken to the selection (and rejection) of external MPC members when the current crop were first appointed in 2019. I have been pursuing the matter since a highly credible person who was interested in being considered for appointment told me that […]
Avoiding scrutiny
Shipwrecked: America’s Offshore Wind Industry Being Crushed By Rising Construction Costs
18 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, labour economics, unions Tags: wind power

2023 was the year when the offshore wind industry’s grand implosion began. Major investors bailed out as the insane cost of attempting to (occasionally) generate electricity with no commercial value in hostile marine environments began to bite. Dozens of projects have been scrapped and others are now highly doubtful. And for those wind power outfits […]
Shipwrecked: America’s Offshore Wind Industry Being Crushed By Rising Construction Costs
No Such Thing as a Low-Energy Rich Country
18 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming

By Paul Homewood Read Trevor Stark’s analysis here.
No Such Thing as a Low-Energy Rich Country
Asia 1227
18 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law Tags: maps

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Unfettered: Fishback 25 Years Later
17 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, unemployment, unions

A quarter century ago, economist Price Fishback published “Operations of ‘Unfettered’ Labor Markets: Exit and Voice in American Labor Markets at the Turn of the Century” in the prestigious Journal of Economic Literature. Fishback’s article is packed with insight… and understatement. But let’s back up. Virtually every standard history textbook describes U.S. labor markets before…
Unfettered: Fishback 25 Years Later
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