Prohibition reduced alcohol consumption but at what price? Was the trade-off worth it?

15 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA

From https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/16/opinion/actually-prohibition-was-a-success.html

“A Life Cycle Model of Trans-Atlantic Employment Experiences” by Thomas J. Sargent

15 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: ,

George Stigler Economically Speaking: Government Regulation 1978

14 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, George Stigler, industrial organisation, law and economics

How did Ancient/Medieval Borders Work? (Short Animated Documentary)

14 May 2019 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of crime, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags:

Blame capitalism for the Great Escape in China

14 May 2019 Leave a comment

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Old enough to remember writing high school science essays on global cooling

13 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, environmental economics, global warming Tags:

The Left’s War on Science

13 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, rentseeking Tags:

Milton Friedman – Rights of Workers

13 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, Milton Friedman, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, unemployment, unions Tags:

Thomas Sargent What Does the Trump 2017 Tax Cut Imply for the U.S. Economic Growth, Inflation, and Government Debt?

13 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, great recession, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights Tags:

The Kuznets Curve lives

12 May 2019 Leave a comment

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What might be wrong with Behavioral Economics: Deirdre McCloskey

12 May 2019 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, behavioural economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, market efficiency, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags:

Class war canceled because of the laziness of the top 1% in gobbling up labour surplus

11 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags:

When did Japan’s Lost Decades of growth start? Eurosclerosis?

10 May 2019 Leave a comment

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Why the Hard Left is Wrong on Israel – Prof. Alan Dershowitz

09 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags:

Jonathan Haidt: Three Stories About Capitalism (2014 WORLD.MINDS)

09 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of religion, growth miracles, health and safety, health economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, survivor principle Tags: , ,

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