What might be wrong with Behavioral Economics: Deirdre McCloskey

12 May 2019 1 Comment

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F A Hayek – The Power Of Pricing

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Finn E. Kydland, Economic Policy and Sustainable Growth

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Hayek and Buchanan: Rawls, Egalitarianism and Social Justice

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Cleaver institutional criticism of socialists

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https://twitter.com/imastaser/status/1122560343639822336

Murray Rothbard on Mises

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Introduction to Microeconomics (Lecture 9: Monopoly and Competition) Murray N. Rothbard

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What role empathy in public policy making?

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Fake Socialism vs. Real Capitalism Jason Brennan

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Empathy, John Rawls and JS Mill or why the state sector code of conduct was designed to drive empathy out of the @NZTreasury

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by Jim Rose 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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Paul Bloom on the many drawbacks of empathy in public policy-making

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by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, Public Choice

From https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/1/19/14266230/empathy-morality-ethics-psychology-compassion-paul-bloom

Jason Brennan: Why Not Capitalism? (April 9, 2019)

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David Friedman Speaking at the Freedom Summit – Market Failure

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David D. Friedman With some thoughts on his new book

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Preferences, Self Interest, Subtle Choices Gary Becker 1993

24 Apr 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, Gary Becker

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