Milton Friedman – Economic Transition in Eastern Europe – George Shultz, George Stigler
08 May 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, George Stigler, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, property rights, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism
A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen | Michael Walzer (1968) Dissent Magazine
03 May 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, theory of the firm Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Anarchy and the Efficient Law, Part 1 | David Friedman
28 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: economics of anarchy
Can the Free Market End Global Poverty? Joseph Stiglitz vs. William Easterly
26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, P.T. Bauer, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Is @BernieSanders right? Is there a difference between socialism and communism?
24 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of central planning, fall of communism, regressive left, The fatal conceit
Rational irrationality? Oppositional identity? Virtue signaling?
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, income redistribution, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: expressive voting, rational irrationality, virtue signaling

Jason Brennan: Fake Socialism vs. Real Capitalism
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: Age of Enlightenment, capitalism and freedom, The Great Escape
David Friedman – Feud Law: Private and Decentralized
19 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of anarchy
Is there an alternative to Obamacare?
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: health insurance
Capitalism vs. Slavery…and The New York Times’ 1619 Project
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights Tags: regressive left
Veteran judicial activist lawyer Laurence Tribe of all people drew this quote to my attention
16 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

How did Medieval Diplomacy Work?
11 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, international economic law, International law, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: diplomacy
Coronavirus: Do socialists understand socialism?
29 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of pandemics


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