A history of the Kashmir conflict | The Economist
19 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, income redistribution, international economics, International law, law and economics, personnel economics, rentseeking Tags: economics of borders, economics of colonialism, India, maps, Pakistan
Why do progressives hate progress? | Steven Pinker
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in defence economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
The Great Escape continues
18 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, life expectancies, The Great Escape

Which of these countries did @oxfam @oxfamnz @Greenpeace advise to strongly embrace capitalism and globalisation?
18 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: regressive left, The Great Escape

Brilliant Hayek Lecture 2017: “Is the World Over or Underpopulated, and How Would We Know?”
18 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, human capital, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics, Rawls and Nozick Tags: The Great Enrichment
Ten Minute History – The Russian Revolution
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, Marxist economics Tags: Russian revolution
And @Oxfam thinks inequality allows the rich to gobble up 88% of the gains from economic development in poor countries
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: China, The Great Escape

Testing Milton Friedman: Government Control – Free to Choose panel discussion 2012
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, Milton Friedman
@JonathanHaidt on Socialism and Human Nature
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in development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, health economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights Tags: evolutionary psychology, political psychology
Stigler on Galbraith’s 1977 TV series episode on colonialism
14 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of colonialism

Why a far-right candidate easily put an end to 13 years of corrupt left wing rule in Brazil
13 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: Brazil
Is it Humane to be a Socialist?
13 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, history of economic thought, income redistribution, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment
Testing Milton Friedman: Equality of Opportunity – 2012 Free to Choose anniversary panel discussion
13 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, Milton Friedman, Rawls and Nozick


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