Second movie this week on it is heroic (Darkest Hour), treasonous (The Post) to fight on in a war you can’t win against murderously evil monsters in the hope something might turn up.
The Post was a lot better than I anticipated
20 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, movies, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Vietnam war, World War II
William Easterly and Dambisa Moyo: Emerging economies in 2013
20 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid
Expansion of the United States Map 1763 – Present
18 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: economics of borders, maps
The Greatest Speech Ever – Robert F Kennedy Announcing The Death Of Martin Luther King
18 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA
What have the Romans ever done for us? Roman England version
17 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, Public Choice

Source: Why Nations Fail.
Political evolution of USA senate 1789 – 2018
16 Jan 2018 2 Comments
in economic history, politics - USA, Public Choice
The middle class is just withering away
16 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: top 1%
Dead Wrong® with Johan Norberg – Generational Injustice
16 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: The Great Enrichment
Christopher Columbus: What Really Happened
15 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Age of Discovery, economics of colonialism
James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at Google
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, The Great Enrichment
Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Interesting but flawed. The age of empires was prior to the industrial revolution.
Life behind the Berlin Wall | The Economist
14 Jan 2018 1 Comment
in economic history, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: East Germany


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