Capitalism vs. Slavery…and The New York Times’ 1619 Project

18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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:

Veteran judicial activist lawyer Laurence Tribe of all people drew this quote to my attention

16 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

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How did Medieval Diplomacy Work?

11 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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:

The Meaning of Socialism: Q&A with National Review’s Kevin Williamson

11 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: ,

Coronavirus: Do socialists understand socialism?

29 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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:

Scalia on viewpoint discrimination

22 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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James Buchanan on economic advisors as establishment intellectuals

21 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, James Buchanan, Public Choice

From https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=92xzxQEACAAJ&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

James Buchanan on highly undemocratic Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem

19 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, constitutional political economy, history of economic thought, James Buchanan, Public Choice

From https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=92xzxQEACAAJ&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Freedom of religion is right, not a new privilege to go your own way

18 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, economics of religion, law and economics, Public Choice

From http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep319/usrep319624/usrep319624.pdf

Nice summary of time inconsistency by Kydland and Wynne

17 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Scalia on striking laws down

17 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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What is a regulatory taking?

16 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

.@ProfDBernstein reminds the woke of who gains from hate speech laws

14 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: , ,

Scandinavian welfare states free-ride

08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic growth, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, F.A. Hayek, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: , , ,

P.T. Bauer in full flight

07 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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