George Stigler on the poverty of abundant privacy

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3 gender pay gap myths explained by @guardian

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David Bernstein on antidiscrimination laws ushering in social progress

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Paul Krugman on virtue signaling over sweatshop labour in export industries in poor countries

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: ,

From https://slate.com/business/1997/03/in-praise-of-cheap-labor.html

The scourge of polio

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The Forbidden History of Unpopular People

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Marxism, Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism – Bryan Caplan

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Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Wrong Answer on civil rihhts

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by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein Tags:

From https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/24/rand-paul-rachel-maddow-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html

The Real Story Behind the Apollo 11 Computer Error #OTD 1969 | @WSJ #Apollo50

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But Castro made healthcare so good in Cuba

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From Dictator’s Handbook

    

@ProfSteveKeen 15(?) years of erroneous forecasts of an Oz recession. 1st home grants warded off Minsky recession for 10 years!

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by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: ,

Operations Research and The Revolution in Aggregate Economics Edward Prescott

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Was Andrew Jackson America’s Craziest President?

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by Jim Rose in economic history, law and economics, politics - USA

All to often the climate emergency is a truth emergency

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Epstein on Segregation and Exploitation in the Old South

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From https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardepstein/2010/09/06/segregation-and-exploitation-in-the-old-south/#504ebeaf7380

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