The Great Fact

15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking Tags: ,

Weitzman on the fragile basis of the Stern review

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags:

Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem

15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, George Stigler, income redistribution, law and economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

From https://fee.org/resources/roofs-or-ceilings-the-current-housing-problem/

The Age of Enlightenment was the jewel of Western civilization

15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags:

Preferences, Self Interest, Subtle Choices – Gary Becker

14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of education, economics of information, Gary Becker

Richard A. Posner, “The Embattled Corporation”

12 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Posner, survivor principle Tags: ,

Econ Duel: Why Is the Rent So Damn High?

11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: , ,

Rent control is back in favour in @nzlabour @NZGreens

11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Timur Kuran on “The Portal”, “The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception.”

11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags:

Stigler and why economists have so little influence on public policy

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P. T. Bauer on the ravages of colonialism

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, Public Choice

From https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=-e88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA632&lpg=PA632&dq=p.t.+bauer+colonialism&source=bl&ots=N_sH9IFzdD&sig=ACfU3U3VFe9RrynBIlH9x9xvudpsCkB-5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-7tv34MDkAhWbWX0KHXVxDf8Q6AEwBHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=p.t.%20bauer%20colonialism&f=false

Acemoglu and Robinson do their best at blaming colonialism for Africa’s woes. Made the terrible preexisting institutions worse?

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

Richard Allen Posner on crisis in capitalism

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of information, Euro crisis, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, industrial organisation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Richard Posner Tags:

Trump Is Terrible on Trade. Top 2020 Dems Are No Better.

07 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: , , ,

The solution to the #ClimateEmergency is at hand but is ignored because it might work @jamespeshaw @greenpeace

06 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, Thomas Schelling Tags:

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