Were the #COVID19 Lockdowns a Mistake?
11 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
#COVID19 seen and unseen
27 Apr 2020 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

#COVID19 #OTD
26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic growth, health economics, macroeconomics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics, pessimism bias

PRC Forum: Gary Becker
26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, Gary Becker
Richard Epstein on Cruises, First-Class Travel, and Inequality 6/27/2016
26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, industrial organisation, law and economics, Richard Epstein, survivor principle, theory of the firm
Trickle down economics
25 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic growth Tags: The Great Enrichment

Is @BernieSanders right? Is there a difference between socialism and communism?
24 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of central planning, fall of communism, regressive left, The fatal conceit
The Corona Shutdown is Unsustainable: Bjorn Lomborg on the Ben Shapiro show
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmists
Jason Brennan: Fake Socialism vs. Real Capitalism
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: Age of Enlightenment, capitalism and freedom, The Great Escape
Australia is social distancing, NZ is locked down #COVID19
19 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics

#COVID19 tradeoffs
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
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Did NZ panic? Locked-down twice as hard as Oz for same #COVID19 caseload 14 days later
17 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand
How Sweden is Responding to the Coronavirus – Johan Norberg
17 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
Lockdowns 5 April Oz and NZ: Same flattening of #COVID19 curve 10 days later, vastly different economic costs
16 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
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From https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/


From https://castalia-advisors.com/comparing-the-new-zealand-and-australian-states-responses-to-covid-19/



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