Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Canada
Jock Finlayson describes how climate change policies are depleting Canadians’ financial means in his article Millions of Canadians May Face ‘Energy Poverty’. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The term “energy poverty” is not yet part of day-to-day political debate in Canada, but that’s likely to change in the next few years. […]
Self Imposed Energy Poverty Coming to Canada
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic history, urban economics Tags: affordable housing
Affordable housing projects aren’t making housing more affordable. In fact, says a new study by an MIT economist, construction of new subsidized housing displaces new unsubsidized housing for little net gain in the housing supply. Specifically, the study found, ten new subsidized housing units resulted in eight fewer unsubsidized units. … Continue reading →
The Case Against Affordable Housing
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in applied price theory, econometerics, economic growth, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, public economics Tags: taxation and investment
I’m very critical of bad policies we got during the Trump years, most notably profligacy and protectionism. But I shower praise on the good policies, such as the 2017 tax legislation (especially the lower corporate tax rate and the curtailing of the state and local tax deduction). Today, we’re going to focus on the positive. […]
More Evidence for Trump’s Corporate Tax Reform, Part I
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, gender, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood A new Norwegian paper has found that the effects of man-made CO2 emissions are not strong enough to explain global warming in the last 200n years, implying that natural factors must play a large role: https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/To-what-extent-are-temperature-levels-changing-due-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions.pdf
To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?
10 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of fertility, gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, econometerics, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage
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in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, unemployment
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: sex discrimination
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in econometerics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA
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in discrimination, econometerics, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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