The Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles – Janelle Peters
29 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Roman empire
The Unfulfilled Promise of the Anti-Discrimination Laws
28 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Richard Epstein, survivor principle Tags: racial discrimination, sex discrimination, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge
Students Celebrate Marxist Che Guevara
27 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, law and economics, Marxist economics Tags: Cuba
How this border transformed a subcontinent
27 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, international economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: British empire, economics of borders, economics of colonialism, India, maps, Pakistan
Free Market Environmentalism with Terry Anderson: Perspectives on Policy
27 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, fisheries economics, global warming, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: common property, tragedy of the commons
Richard Epstein: Obamacare’s Collapse, the 2016 Election, & More
27 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Richard Epstein
Branko Milanovic explains why Doughnut Economics is magical thinking
27 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, international economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: anti-market bias, Green fascism, pessimism bias
Is everything the left and unions say about labour shares and inequality a measurement error or just a bad theory
26 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: pessimism bias
Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
26 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, unions, welfare reform
Did the left ever believe in academic freedom?
25 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, income redistribution, labour economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: academic bias, child poverty, family poverty, social insurance
What Socialism Looks Like: A 1980s Soviet Grocery Store
25 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism, The Great Enrichment
Why did Russia sell Alaska to America? (Short Animated Documentary)
24 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Alaska, Russia
Exploring Liberty: Simple Rules for a Complex World
23 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein
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