South Africa’s Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse

04 Nov 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of crime, energy economics, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics Tags:

Book Review: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell

29 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, discrimination, economic history, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is a skilled writer with a powerful ability to combine historical, social science and free-market perspectives. He cuts through the noise and doesn’t mince his words on the sensitive topics of race and culture. In Race and Culture Sowell argues against two common social science doctrines: 1) that all races are equal and […]

Book Review: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell

Which Is Better: Capitalism or Socialism?

25 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought

Here is debate audio for last week’s Capitalism versus Socialism Debate at TCU. Scott Sehon was a fine opponent, in the same league as John Marsh. Enjoy!P.S. Thanks again to Rob Garnett and Sam Arnold for hosting.

Which Is Better: Capitalism or Socialism?

David D. Friedman: The Machinery of Freedom, Education, and India

16 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in David Friedman, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, property rights

13 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth miracles, transport economics

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24 Sep 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth miracles

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How Cheap & Reliable Coal-Fired Power Drove India From Poverty to The Moon

16 Sep 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , ,

Coal-fired power is at the heart of India’s mission to lift millions out of poverty. India has 285 plants with a capacity of 211GW already operating; it’s currently building a further 30GW of coal-fired generation capacity, with a further 35GW in pre-construction stages. A visit to India shows how serious it is about serious power […]

How Cheap & Reliable Coal-Fired Power Drove India From Poverty to The Moon

Book Talk with Brad DeLong

13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles

India has a criminal infested parliament

06 Aug 2023 Leave a comment

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

This is what they don’t teach you about colonization

18 Jul 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Thomas Sowell Tags:

Bob Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles 2/5/2007

19 May 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas, unemployment Tags:

Why China’s population is shrinking

29 Mar 2023 Leave a comment

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

Lee Kuan Yew: Singapore’s Controversial founder

23 Mar 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags:

Dropping Money from Helicopters: John Cochrane on Inflation

01 Mar 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, growth miracles, history of economic thought, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, public economics

Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress (full) | Conversations with Tyler

23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, survivor principle

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