The Coase Theorem
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Ronald Coase Tags: Coase theorem
Marshall on evidenced based policy
27 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, Public Choice, public economics Tags: methodology of economics

The payoff from fighting #globalwarming
25 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism

Real reason streetcars are making a comeback: with friends like @voxdotcom, light rail should prefer its enemies @TaxpayersUnion
18 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: expressive voting
4 Ways Economists Think We’re All Wrong – Econ Chronicles – Learn Liberty
16 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, unemployment Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, rational irrationality
The dead will be many from @SenSanders @AOC’s virtue signalling on drug price controls (effects of 22% manufacturing price cut)
16 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: drug lags, price controls, The fatal conceit
Climate economics (PG): Policy advice Richard Tol
13 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, public economics
The Elephant In The Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
31 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of education, economics of information, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: signalling
Speaking of climate alarmism
27 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmists

Brilliant Hayek Lecture 2017: “Is the World Over or Underpopulated, and How Would We Know?”
18 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, human capital, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics, Rawls and Nozick Tags: The Great Enrichment
Watch “Testing Milton Friedman: Free Markets – Free to Choose 2012 panel discussion
14 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, Milton Friedman
Chad Jones’ awkward remarks on top tax rates and innovation spillovers
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

Why @jamespeshaw is afraid to commission an estimate of the cost of #globalwarming as a percentage of NZ GDP @mfe_news
07 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism

From David Romer’s graduate macroeconomics textbook


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