@TimurKuran: Persistent Authoritarianism in the Middle East and the Islamic Law
20 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, Gordon Tullock, growth disasters, income redistribution, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: autocracy
Bruce Gilley – “African Civilization and the Premature Termination of Colonialism”
20 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism
The Balance of Power: States, Societies, and the Narrow Corridor to Liberty – James Robinson
18 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: rent seeking
Bruce Gilley Lecture on colonialism with Commentary by Paul Bjerk
18 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism
The Case for Colonialism with Dr. Bruce Gilley
17 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Cold War, economics of colonialism, World War II
Another dilemma for the woke left
16 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Thomas Sowell Tags: political correctness, regressive left

The Great Fact
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
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: economics of colonialism, The Great Escape

Can @AOC @BernieSanders spot the Great Leap Forward?
14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: China, life expectancies, The Great Escape

The Great Escape in child mortality
12 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape

India and Sri Lanka’s violent fight over fish
11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economic law, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: economics of borders
#OTD biggest single individual leg up to the Great Enrichment: Mao died
10 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: China, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape

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
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: Age of Discovery, age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism

Lessons from Africa
04 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: bribery and corruption, economics of colonialism, ODA


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