How does UNRWA impact Palestinians and Israelis?
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, defence economics, economic history Tags: Israel
Why is the dangerous Anjem Choudary being released onto our streets?
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
Anjem Choudary, the Islamist preacher convicted in 2016 of inviting support for Islamic State, is to be released from prison next month, despite being described by prisons minister Rory Stewart as “genuinely dangerous”. How, it has been (not unreasonably) asked, can this be? And what, if anything, can be done about it?
The first rule of Law Club is that you do not talk about Law Club, or at least do not talk about law cases until you have read any available judgment. To this end, the sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Holroyde when passing the 66-month (5 and a half year) sentence on Choudary in September 2016 are essential. They tell you most of what you need to know about the facts and the way in which the judge approached the sentencing exercise. But to supplement them, some further legal background may help.
Any defendant sentenced to a…
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the earnings advantage is 10–20% for people who are fluent in the dominant language compared with those who are not
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, human capital, population economics
An Open Letter to The Green Party from Women’s Voices Matter
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
Dear Green Party Member/Officer/Representative,
An open letter from Womens Voices Matter
In February this year I wrote the text below, and then the nasty “TERF BLOCKER” list that the Green Party LGBTIQA+ twitter account compiled and tweeted was subsequently turned into a private access only link. So I chose not to send the following email.
I subsequently came across the ‘Equal Opportunities’ manifesto article, authored by Aimee Challenor in an official capacity as the Green Parties Equalities Spokesperson. It is dangerously misogynistic and erases women, especially lesbians and bi-sexual women.
I would like you to know, that current media attention relating to allegations of wrongdoing by Aimee Challenors father have absolutely no relation to this email, which was authored months prior to extremely distressing allegations being revealed by mainstream media coverage of David Challenors imprisonment for child sexual abuse over the last few days.
Women’s Voices Matter would like the…
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Another reason for the gender wage gap: danger money
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap
Killer Chic: Hollywood’s Sick Love Affair with Che Guevara
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, movies Tags: regressive left, useful idiots
MI Bear Ranch Sues PETA Over Bear Mistreatment Allegations
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
Dean Oswald is the owner and operator of a Michigan bear ranch that is the sole bear-only facility in the United States and allows patrons with bear cubs (which is legal under Michigan law). PETA has taken it upon itself to regularly harassOswald’s Bear Ranch and now the owner is suing the human hate group for damages. Below is an interview with an ABC affiliate Dean Oswald conducted.
Deirdre McCloskey: Why You Should Not Worry about Technological Unemployment
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, survivor principle, unemployment Tags: creative destruction, Deirdre McCloskey, pessimism bias, technological unemployment
Stakeholders, The Treasury, and economic failure
08 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
The Treasury runs a survey of external stakeholders every couple of years, and usually publishes the results on their website quite quickly. Last year, the results weren’t very good, so they delayed publishing them. In fact, it was only a few days ago, in response to an OIA request from Eric Crampton at the New Zealand Initiative, that they finally released them.
As Eric notes the results aren’t all bad, but
Among those people interacting with Treasury about its core business of economics, macroeconomics, and fiscal projection, satisfaction dropped from 70% in 2015 to 47% in 2017. The proportion of stakeholders viewing Treasury staff as well-informed dropped significantly, as did overall confidence that staff do a good job, that Treasury challenges thinking on critical issues, and that Treasury can offer insights.
Eric has been concerned for some time about The Treasury’s de-emphasis on core economics and finance skills in…
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The Case for the Norway Option
08 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, international economics Tags: Brexit
Henry Hazlett explains Marxism
08 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality Tags: Henry Hazlett
#AskMeFirst: The left’s shameful response to Laura will push more women to the right
07 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
On 20 February, conservative lobby group Family First New Zealand launched a campaign called Ask Me First, in response to the “growing trend in both New Zealand schools and public places to allow men to enter women’s spaces — female toilets, showers, changing rooms, camp bunk rooms, and sports teams.” A key campaign video amplifies the voice of an 18-year-old high school student called Laura, who is concerned about female-only spaces being opened up to males on the basis of “gender identity”.
Laura explains that at her all girls’ high school early last year,
we got news that this student wanted to be in this school, this guy. And the school granted him access. As the year progressed, he wanted access to the female bathrooms. At that point, I was like “No, this isn’t right.”
Cue the liberal backlash. Journalists on the left are completely ignoring the implications to…
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