
Nordhaus explains the title of his book
04 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmists

Steven N.S. Cheung on airports are not special
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, public economics, urban economics
Nordhaus on tipping points in Climate Casino
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism

Angus Deaton on randomised trials and the class war
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, experimental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: The fatal conceit

#fakenews from @AOC @SenWarren @BernieSanders
30 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of information, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: 2020 presidential election, envy, top 1%

Are business cycles costly?
28 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: real business cycles

@ProfSteveKeen says “Nordhaus ignores tipping points”
24 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, climate change, environmental economics, global warming
Jennifer Doleac on crime
23 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, econometerics, economics of crime, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence
On the ethics of the randomisters
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, health economics, Public Choice Tags: The fatal conceit
Would a “Wealth Tax” Help Combat Inequality? A Debate with Saez, Summers, and Mankiw
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: envy, superstar wages, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%, wealth taxes
Ravallion on pilot bias or randomisters scaling up in poor, corrupt countries after succcesfully working with squeaky clean NGOs
19 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of information, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: bribery and corruption, The fatal conceit








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