Labor Ethics | Political Philosophy with Jason Brennan
24 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: distributive justice
Asymmetric Information and Health Insurance
24 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, entrepreneurship, health economics Tags: adverse selection, health insurance, moral hazard
Today’s rich are a working rich says an unimpeachable source
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

F A Hayek – The Power Of Pricing
11 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, F.A. Hayek, industrial organisation, poverty and inequality Tags: anti-market bias
But slippery @jamespeshaw says it is too hard to estimate to cost of global warming as a percentage of GDP @mfe_news
11 May 2019 Leave a comment

Milton Friedman Speaks – Is Capitalism Humane?
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick Tags: capitalism and freedom
So @mfe_news advised @jamespeshaw that unilateral action is futile. Only global action will help.
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, resource economics Tags: climate alarmism, free-riders, game theory, international public goods

.@mfe_news advised @jamespeshaw that a net zero carbon economy will cut annual GDP growth by 1/10 or more. Is that a 4% reduction in GDP by 2050?
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, resource economics Tags: climate alarmism

Empathy, John Rawls and JS Mill or why the state sector code of conduct was designed to drive empathy out of the @NZTreasury
30 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice

From Decety J, Yoder KJ. Empathy and motivation for justice: Cognitive empathy and concern, but not emotional empathy, predict sensitivity to injustice for others. Soc Neurosci. 2015;11(1):1–14. doi:10.1080/17470919.2015.1029593
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