Judge Frank Easterbrook on antitrust law history
23 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Posner, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: competition and monopoly, competition law, creative destruction, offsetting behaviour, patents and copyright, The fatal conceit, The meaning of competition, unintended consequences
Why China’s control of rare earths matters | FT
23 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, growth miracles, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: China
Property Rights: Keynote – Richard Epstein
22 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, environmental economics, law and economics, property rights, public economics, Richard Epstein
Angus Deaton: Epidemiology, randomised trials, and the search for what works in economic development
20 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, labour economics, minimum wage, Public Choice Tags: philosophy of science, The fatal conceit
Posner on the left as feminism’s best home
19 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Posner, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, sex discrimination, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, women's liberation
Angus Deaton – “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality”
18 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of education, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
The withering away of the proletariat @AOC @BernieSanders
16 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: envy, The Great Enrichment
What would @AOC @oxfam @Greenpeace @berniesanders @Greens @NZGreens choose?
15 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Joseph Schumpeter, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, unemployment, unions Tags: The fatel conceit, The Great Enrichment
Juice: How Electricity Explains The World – Documentary Trailer #1
14 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, technological progress Tags: climate alarmists, extreme poverty, pessimism bias, regressive left, The Great Escape
Angus Deaton: «lDevelopment aid is cynical» – Swiss Television SRF
14 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, law and economics, P.T. Bauer, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid
Cannot enforce a treaty if there was no meeting of minds on what was agreed
13 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: constitutional law, contract law
Irish War of Independence – WW1 Veterans In A New Battle I THE GREAT WAR 1920
13 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Ireland, World War I
Fiat Value in the theory of value – an ADEMU lecture by Edward C Prescott
12 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, Edward Prescott, fiscal policy, fisheries economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycles
Jordan Peterson: The fatal flaw in leftist American politics | Big Think
12 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, Rawls and Nozick Tags: anti-market bias, envy, pessimism bias, regressive left, top 1%
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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