Walter Williams discusses market versus political solutions to the problems of racism and private property
03 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, industrial organisation, labour economics Tags: racial discrimination, Walter Williams
Why do inmates tattoo their faces?
03 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime Tags: economics of prisons, screening, signaling
How Budget Airlines Work
02 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, transport economics Tags: budget airlines, entrepreneurial alertness
The effects of cutting the Australian company tax by one percentage point
02 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, public economics Tags: Australia, company tax, international tax competition, tax incidents, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment
Few of the top 50 billionaires inherited their wealth
01 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, labour economics, poverty and inequality, unions Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, inherited wealth, superstar wages, superstars, top 0.1%, top 1%
Of the 15 inheritance based billionaires, three are from the Walton family, two are the Koch brothers and another three are from the Mars family.
Source: The world’s top 50 billionaires: A demographic breakdown.
@RealDonaldTrump @BernieSanders are wrong on taxing imports
31 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, international economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, left-wing populists, right-wing populists
Paul Samuelson on everything you need to know about the efficient markets hypothesis
31 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, fisheries economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, entrepreneurial alertness, passive investing, Paul Samuelson




The Nordic Gender Equality Paradox
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, labour economics Tags: Finland, gender wage gap, glass ceiling, Norway, Sweden
Does Citizens United Protect Your Freedom of Speech?
29 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: free speech
Frederic Bastiat on the Seen and Unseen
29 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, economics, economics of regulation, history of economic thought Tags: Frederic Bastiat

Recent Comments