Why ‘Free College’ Is a Terrible Idea
24 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - USA Tags: adverse selection, signalling
5 Reasons Why We Need Hate Speech | We The Internet TV
23 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, property rights Tags: free speech
No more enlightened about meaning of decolonisation by end of clip. Which is better? Learn Te Reo, as suggested, or read history books?
23 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of languages, Maori economic development, political correctness, regressive left
James Heckman on racial wage gaps and racial discrimination by employers
23 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

The dangers of wokeness
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left

A flaw common to many conspiracy theories
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: 9/11, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, Iraq war

On the ethics of the randomisters
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, health economics, Public Choice Tags: The fatal conceit
Would a “Wealth Tax” Help Combat Inequality? A Debate with Saez, Summers, and Mankiw
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: envy, superstar wages, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%, wealth taxes
I have a southern accent because of English ancestors
19 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages

The Age of Outrage: What It’s Doing to Our Universities, and Our Country | Manhattan Institute
19 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: cognitive psychology, moral psychology, pessimism bias, political correctness, political psychology, regressive left
Lant Pritchett — The Debate about RCTs in Development is over.
18 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice
Douglass North and Timur Kuran: Institutions and Economic Performance
17 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: The Great Enrichment





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