South Africa’s Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse
04 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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Walter Block on Sexual Discrimination & the Pay Gap(Uncut)
02 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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Claudia Goldin with Kiana Scott: The Century-Long Fight to Close the Gen…
31 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Casey Mulligan on Vaccines, the Pandemic, and the FDA 5/22/23
31 Oct 2023 2 Comments
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: drug lags, economics of pandemics
Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason Riley Book Review
30 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Thomas Sowell, urban economics
I was skeptical of learning about Sowell because he leans conservative, and I was curious to learn about Sowell because he leans conservative. The last few years I’ve grown sympathetic to the political left because I got tired of conservatives seeming hatred for all things “left.” After reading this book I think a lot of […]
Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason Riley Book Review
Quotation of the Day…
29 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle
Tweet… is from page 163 of the 1983 Third Edition of Douglass C. North’s, Terry L. Anderson’s, and Peter J. Hill’s Growth & Welfare in the American Past: A New Economic History: In both England and the United States, wood was one of the more important raw materials in the nineteenth century, providing a major…
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Book Review: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell
29 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, discrimination, economic history, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell is a skilled writer with a powerful ability to combine historical, social science and free-market perspectives. He cuts through the noise and doesn’t mince his words on the sensitive topics of race and culture. In Race and Culture Sowell argues against two common social science doctrines: 1) that all races are equal and […]
Book Review: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell
To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?
28 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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By Paul Homewood A new Norwegian paper has found that the effects of man-made CO2 emissions are not strong enough to explain global warming in the last 200n years, implying that natural factors must play a large role: https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/To-what-extent-are-temperature-levels-changing-due-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions.pdf
To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
28 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Another brilliant piece of work by the master, Thomas Sowell. Quite a theoretical book but an incredibly useful framework. I’ve observed numerous recent events through Sowell’s visions since I started reading the book. The ability for ideas to immediately infiltrate one’s framework and lexicon is a true hallmark of greatness. A vision is our natural […]
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Sowell Exposes Social Justice Fallacies
27 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Thomas Sowell, urban economics Tags: gender wage gap, racial discrimination, sex discrimination
Matthew Lau reviews Thomas Sowell’s latest book Social Justice Fallacies in a Financial Post article: No sacred cows in Thomas Sowell’s takedown of social justice fallacies. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. In his latest book, renowned economist and author demolishes the myths that underpin the social justice movement. Thomas Sowell, age […]
Sowell Exposes Social Justice Fallacies
Which Is Better: Capitalism or Socialism?
25 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought
Here is debate audio for last week’s Capitalism versus Socialism Debate at TCU. Scott Sehon was a fine opponent, in the same league as John Marsh. Enjoy!P.S. Thanks again to Rob Garnett and Sam Arnold for hosting.
Which Is Better: Capitalism or Socialism?
BRIAN EASTON: Claudia Goldin Wins The 2023 Nobel Economics Laureateship
24 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, gender, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
Brian Easton writes – A woman who was once chief executive of New Zealand’s biggest company said ‘It is true that a large percentage of the [women’s pay] gap is unexplained and that’s where the issue comes about; could it be bias even if that’s unconscious bias? Regardless of how we’ve got a gap … […]
BRIAN EASTON: Claudia Goldin Wins The 2023 Nobel Economics Laureateship
October 20, 1740: The War of the Austrian Succession
22 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe. Its pretext was the right of Archduchess Maria Theresa to succeed her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, as ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy. The Habsburg Monarchy, was a collection of states, or a personal union […]
October 20, 1740: The War of the Austrian Succession
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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