Sweatshops Are a Dream when your children live in a Dante-like vision of hell

05 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply Tags: , , ,

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

The predictable consequence of unleashing do-gooders in least developed countries

04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , , , ,

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

Borders are revealing

02 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags:

@BernieSanders on the Soviet Union Press Conference 06 13 1988

01 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: , , , ,

Life as a North Korean Elite | Former Ambassador Thae Yong-ho | China Uncensored

01 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: ,

@Paul Krugman (2018) explains labour standards in trade agreements to @SenWarren @BernieSanders @AOC

31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: , , ,

From https://nyti.ms/2FKTPcS

George Stigler on workers of the world uniting and voting with their feet

31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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De-Stalinization: The Secret speech (1956)

29 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: , ,

Steven Pinker on Mao’s Great Leap

28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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

Deconstructing Chomsky @AOC @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn

27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: ,

From https://reason.com/2005/04/01/deconstructing-chomsky-2/

Do @AOC or @SenSanders disagree?

27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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

Something for @Greenpeace @Oxfam to boo

26 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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James Dresnok: The US Soldier Who Defected to North Korea

23 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, Marxist economics Tags:

Different angle

23 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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Paul Krugman on virtue signaling over sweatshop labour in export industries in poor countries

21 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: ,

From https://slate.com/business/1997/03/in-praise-of-cheap-labor.html

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