Debunking Systemic Racism & Having Common Decency (Pt. 2) | Thomas Sowell
21 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, defence economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Richard Posner (1997) on critical race theory
17 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Posner Tags: Age of Enlightenment, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left

Fair Argument Against “Systemic Racism”
26 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination, regressive left
Hayek and Pandemic Response with Professor Mark Pennington
23 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, F.A. Hayek, health economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, personnel economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
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Why surveys should not conflate sex and gender identity
22 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of information, gender, health and safety, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
Coleman Hughes | Implicit Bias
22 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
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Bryan Caplan – education is signaling
20 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
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Behind on my #GMO blogging @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens @oxfam
20 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: anti-GMO movement, Anti-Science left, cranks, regressive left

Ben Shapiro on the ‘Systemic Racism Explained’ Video
14 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Steve Davis on #COVID19 as a reallocation shock
11 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
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Global Pricing of Pharmaceutical Products: Richard Epstein on the Ethics of Global Health
04 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: drug pricing, patents and copyright
Roland Fryer: Racial Inequality in the 21st Century: The Declining Significance of Discrimination
03 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
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