
Better than smokers. They greatly overestimate the risks of their disgusting habit @cjsnowdon
04 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of information, health economics Tags: economics of obesity

.@Coyoteblog test for a progressive that is equally applicable today or 100 years ago
01 Jul 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Rawls and Nozick
All of these Brexit estimates are small, certainly not the end of the world
30 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, international economics Tags: Brexit

Why central planning (a prize system) is inferior to patents @mfcannon @catoinstitute
30 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, patents and copyright

Jobs exposed to Chinese tariffs are more than twice as likely to fall in counties that voted Trump in 2016
26 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economic law, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: trade wars

Impact of global warming now: a slight net benefit; by 2100, likely 2-3% GDP cost (3-3.7°C)
20 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
How genetically modified mosquitoes could fight malaria #GMO @greenpeace
16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Anti-Science left, GMOs, regressive left
US top 1% turn about to be such lazy devils. Class war cancelled once again
14 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: top 1%

Capitalism in Utopia Jason Brennan
08 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy Tags: capitalism and freedom, moral psychology
Why did @jamespeshaw put Suzi Kerr on his climate committee after letting this cat out of the bag in her JEL 2015 survey?
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: carbon tax, expressive politics, game theory, international public goods

Trade wars, explained
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, international economic law, labour economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: protectionism, strategic trade theory
A Conversation with Gary Becker: The Future of US Economic Policy
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, Gary Becker, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA
David Friedman | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: government failure, market failure


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