
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 Sino Soviet Split: Explained
16 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, international economics, International law, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: China, fall of communism
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

The Age of Enlightenment was the jewel of Western civilization
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: Age of Enlightenment

A 4% reduction on a 500-1,500% increase is not a #climateemergency @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @NZGreens @greenpeace
14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, environmental economics, global warming

UN that claims climate will “undo last 50 years of progress” @greenpeace @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news
14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, environmental economics, global warming

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

Huge population reductions are on the cards. Thankfully, the robots are coming for the many vacant jobs
14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics Tags: ageing society

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
Timur Kuran on “The Portal”, “The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception.”
11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: preference falsification
#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

More monopolies for @NZComCom to fret over: Best-Selling Mobile Phone Makers 1992 – 2018
09 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: competition law
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


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