Jason Brennan and Larry Temkin on Capitalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
12 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Joseph Schumpeter, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, survivor principle, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: capitalism and freedom
‘Climate Change Is Real, But It’s Not the End of the World’ Michael Shellenberger
10 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmists, pessimism bias, regressive left
Good summary
25 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Armen Alchian, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of crime, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, James Buchanan, James Buchanan, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, Robert E. Lucas, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm
Hayek and Pandemic Response with Professor Mark Pennington
23 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, F.A. Hayek, health economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, personnel economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
HT Cafe Hayek
Cost-Effective Approaches to Save the Environment, with Bjorn Lomborg
19 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmists
Last week’s #COVID19 @NZHerald op-ed
19 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, health economics, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: economics of pandemics
Global Pricing of Pharmaceutical Products: Richard Epstein on the Ethics of Global Health
04 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: drug pricing, patents and copyright
Free To Choose in Under 2 Minutes Episode 2 – The Tyranny of Control
22 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of religion, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Milton Friedman, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, television Tags: capitalism and freedom, India, Japan
Free To Choose in Under 2 Minutes Episode 1 – The Power of the Market
21 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Milton Friedman, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle, television Tags: capitalism and freedom
The staggering cost of NIMBYISM
18 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: land supply, zoning
Doing Bad by Doing Good by Chris Coyne
18 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, F.A. Hayek, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Richard Epstein, “A History of Public Utility Regulation in the Supreme Court”
17 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, Public Choice, Richard Epstein Tags: competition law, network industries
How many more Big Macs can $22 per hour Danes buy compared to $9 per hour Americans?
14 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, poverty and inequality Tags: Europe
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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