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— Tax Foundation (@TaxFoundation) December 19, 2015
Some #tax cuts produce more growth than others
12 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, politics - USA, public economics Tags: laffer curve
The New Zealand top 1% is still bone lazy – top 1% income shares USA, New Zealand and Australia since 1913
08 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in applied price theory, economic history, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: Australia, Leftover Left, top 1%
What slackers. Despite 30 years of neoliberalism oppressing the unions and working class, the top 1% in New Zealand (and Australia) are unable to do any better in terms of their share of national income than in the good old days of pre-1984 New Zealand looked upon with such fondness by the the Leftover Left.
Source: The World Wealth and Income Database.
The firm has nothing to do with economies of scale
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm Tags: transaction costs
Why taxi drivers are suddenly getting nicer?
07 Jan 2016 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, Uber
Where I live, taxis suddenly starting texting to say they are five minutes away or outside.
Source: Why taxi drivers are suddenly getting nicer – The Washington Post
Who to blame for profiteering
03 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, entrepreneurship, Ludwig von Mises Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, profit and loss
Source: Quotation of the Day…
Adam Smith on entrepreneurial drive
02 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: competition as a discovery procedure, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, market selection, The meaning of competition
Whose voting base has succumbed to unthinking populists?
31 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, international economics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election
Singapore Spring
29 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: Asian Tigers, Singapore
Diogenes on what should governments do
26 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, liberalism Tags: ancient Greeks, Diogenes, growth of government, philosophy of economics, size of government, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge
I, Pencil Extended Commentary: Spontaneous Order
24 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, industrial organisation, international economics, survivor principle Tags: IPencil, spontaneous order, The meaning of competition
@Greenpeace why are German and Danish power prices so high?
24 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, bootleggers and baptists, climate alarmism, Denmark, Germany, green rent seeking, power prices, solar power, wind power
I, Pencil Extended Commentary: Trade & Specialization
22 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, international economics, survivor principle Tags: division of labour, international trade, specialisation and exchange
Roland Fryer on Education, Inequality, & Incentives
19 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: charter schools, racial discrimination, Roland Fryer
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