
Watch “Professor Deirdre McCloskey: How Ideas can Change the World
29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice
But @BernieSanders is spot on; a Chinese communist hero of his made a big difference to extreme poverty
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2020 presidential election, China, extreme poverty, The Great Escape

Robert Lucas on income distribution
26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: The Great Escape, The Great Fact

P.T. Bauer on Indian customs
25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of religion, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: extreme poverty, India

The Chinese and Russian transitions explained
24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, economics of federalism, fall of communism, Russia

‘One Child Nation’ Exposes the Tragic Consequences of Chinese Population Control
17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, population economics Tags: China, economics of fertility, The fatal conceit
Acemoglu and Robinson on comparative economic development
17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism

Georgia?
13 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics Tags: doing business, The Great Enrichment

Serious money
13 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles

Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism”
12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism, political correctness




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