Stossel: Socialism Fails Every Time
10 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Cuba, fall of communism
Crony Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Chang-Tai Hsieh
09 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: China
Paul Romer’s contributions
08 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, macroeconomics Tags: endogenous growth theory, Paul Romer
How the US failed to rebuild Afghanistan
07 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, growth disasters, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, war against terror
Hernando de Soto Knows How To Make the Third World Richer than the First”
06 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights
A Conversation with John Tierney and Bjorn Lomborg
06 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics
James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at @Google
06 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape
Dictator’s Handbook: Batista and Castro compared
05 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: autocracy, Cuba, fall of communism

Something @oxfamnz @greenpeacenz @NZGreens won’t tweet about: Half the world is now middle class or wealthier!
03 Oct 2018 Leave a comment

The left has stopped eulogizing Venezuela
30 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, growth disasters, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, Public Choice Tags: regressive left

Why Nations Fail: Daron Acemoglu interview | The Economist
29 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, international economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Daron Acemoglu
Ross Explores the Smuggling Tunnels in Gaza | Ross Kemp Extreme World (interesting interview with Hamas foreign minister too)
28 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, growth disasters, health and safety Tags: Gaza Strip, Hamas
Leopold II of Belgium: The Biggest Coverup In European History
28 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: economics of colonialism


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