
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
The Great Fact that is never celebrated by @Greenpeace @oxfam @NZGreens @JulieAnneGenter because capitalism is to blame
12 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, poverty and inequality Tags: The Great Escape

Dollar Street
11 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Fact
Most of the world today has better than the best life expectancy anywhere in 1950. The worst life expectancy today anywhere is better than most of the world in 1950 @oxfam
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Bill Easterly, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape

Toilets Dollar Street
08 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, health economics Tags: sanitation
Leda Cosmides on Socialism and Human Nature
08 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of information, health economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: evolutionary psychology
@greenpeace @oxfamnz lacks the moral fortitude to fight indoor air pollution because the solution is LPG stoves and electrification
06 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: indoor air pollution





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