Caado la gooyaa car alle ayey leedahay (‘The abandonment of tradition calls forth the wrath of Allah’, Somali proverb, quoted in The World’s Most Dangerous Place, page 398) James Fergusson worked on this book with help from a grant from the Airey Neave Trust, a charity whose objective is to promote research ‘designed to make […]
The World’s Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia by James Fergusson (2013)
The World’s Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia by James Fergusson (2013)
30 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics Tags: Somalia
Prize lecture: David Card, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences …
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in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, unemployment
AASLE 2021 Bob Gregory Lecture – Claudia Goldin
23 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
My Chris Williamson Interview
23 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
Several good friends warned me not to publish Don’t Be a Feminist. I appreciate their concern, but I’m glad I kept my own counsel. Here’s my interview with Chris Williamson on the book and beyond. Apparently he’s kind of a big deal…
My Chris Williamson Interview
Understanding Fiscal Inflation — Keynote Speech by Eric Leeper
22 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: monetary policy
A Libertarian Landslide in Argentina
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, monetary economics Tags: Argentina, dollarisation
After a libertarian candidate took first place in Argentina’s presidential primary back in August, I wrote that the runoff would be the most important election of 2023 (even more important than the fortunately failed referendum to weaken TABOR in Colorado). Amazingly, Argentinian voters opted for the libertarian by a strong 56-44 margin. To understand President-Elect […]
A Libertarian Landslide in Argentina
South Africa’s Economy: 30 Years Since Apartheid
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters Tags: South Africa
In April 1994, almost 30 years ago, Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black president of South Africa. The hopes at the time went beyond developing a representative political process, and included the idea that policies of inclusive growth would raise the standard of living for whose who had been excluded. How is that…
South Africa’s Economy: 30 Years Since Apartheid
November 17, 1516: Birth of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Part II.
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in economic history Tags: British history
From 1531, the Princess Mary was often sick with irregular menstruation and depression, although it is not clear whether this was caused by stress, puberty or a more deep-seated disease. She was not permitted to see her mother, whom King Henry VIII had sent to live away from court. In early 1533, King Henry VIII […]
November 17, 1516: Birth of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Part II.
Cooperation and the Co-operative Party
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in economic history Tags: British history, British politics
The Co-operative Party was founded in 1917, volunteer interviewer Peter Reilly reflects on his recent oral history interview with David Lepper, a former ‘Labour Coop’ MP and what it meant to be a member of the Co-operative Party. Recent interviews I have conducted for the History of Parliament Trust Oral History Project remind us that […]
Cooperation and the Co-operative Party
Steven Pinker on free markets
19 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment
November 17, 1516: Birth of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Part I.
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in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: British history
Mary I (February 18, 1516 – November 17, 1558), also known as “Bloody Mary” by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe II of Spain from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous […]
November 17, 1516: Birth of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Part I.
George Selgin on the New Deal and Recovery (and Relief and Reform)
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in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, great depression, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, unemployment
TweetWant to get a few hours’ worth of solid learning in less than 35 enjoyable minutes? Listen to my Mercatus Center colleague David Beckworth’s podcast (from October 2022) with George Selgin on the New Deal. Seriously. It will be 34-plus minutes very well spent. George’s book – False Dawn – is forthcoming from the University…
George Selgin on the New Deal and Recovery (and Relief and Reform)
America’s top one percent has not been seeing a rising income share
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in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: top 1%
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column. The opener is this: Can a single self-published paper really refute decades of work by three famous economists? If the paper is the modestly titled “Income Inequality in the United States: Using Tax Data to Measure Long-Term Trends,” then the answer — with qualifications — is yes. And…
America’s top one percent has not been seeing a rising income share
ELE LUDEMANN: Does reset need a referendum?
17 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: constitution law
Act wants a referendum to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The principles do need redefining and that redefinition will almost certainly result in a reset that reverses a lot of the insertion of the undefined principles in areas which many think have nothing to do with the Treaty. It is 23 years […]
ELE LUDEMANN: Does reset need a referendum?
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