
Joan Robinson really was a useful idiot
02 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, history of economic thought Tags: China, fall of communism, useful idiots

Top 10 Shortest Lived States in History
30 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, International law Tags: economics of borders
David D. Friedman — A Positive Account of Rights (Budapest, 2018)
30 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights
Doug Allen “The Duel of Honor – screening for unobserved social capital”
30 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of crime, human capital, law and economics, property rights Tags: asymmetric information, screening, signalling
The Science of Lying
30 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, law and economics Tags: evolutionary psychology
Robert Lucas wrote a 1978 paper predicting less self-employment because of rising wages
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction

Sweden Not a Socialist Success
29 Nov 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: Sweden
Brendan O’Neill on Demise of Left to Environmentalism
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics, history of economic thought Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left
Why Communists Sucked at Making Cars | WheelHouse
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, transport economics
5 Unsolved Mysteries About Dinosaurs
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture
Eugene F. Fama on the government’s role in the subprime mortgage meltdown
28 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic history, economics of religion, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: deposit insurance
Line of Inquiry: John H. Cochrane on how to prevent financial crises
28 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics, monetary economics


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