Economic Reasoning Applied to Sociology – Becker and Posner
17 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, Gary Becker, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, law and economics, Public Choice, Richard Posner Tags: economics of AIDS
Angus Deaton Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials
16 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, growth disasters, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, Public Choice, public economics, theory of the firm Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Peter Singer on free speech and the denial of the Holocaust that murdered three of his grandparents
16 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: free speech, The Holocaust

Tirole on the difficulties of network and utility regulation. Tradeoff between high cost, low profit firms v. low cost, high profit firms
16 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

Nobel prize for discovering if you subsidise something, you see more of it!! Many years worth of randomized controlled trials just to make sure in dirt poor countries. Didn’t know child vaccination payoffs so marginal that you had to check.
15 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, economics of education, economics of information, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge

Why ‘Sign in With Apple’ Beats Passwords and Facebook | @WSJ
15 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights Tags: creative destruction
Debunking the myths of “buying local” food policies”
15 Oct 2019 1 Comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, health economics, international economics Tags: food snobs, pessimism bias
Want to Make a Big Bet on Oil Prices? Try Measuring Shadows | @WSJ
13 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of information, energy economics, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, international economics, market efficiency, survivor principle, transport economics, war and peace Tags: entrepreneurial alertness
My favourite economist joke as told by David Friedman
10 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, David Friedman, economics of crime, economics of information, law and economics Tags: agent principal problem, asymmetric information, moral hazard

Steven Pinker: Modern Denial of Human Nature
10 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of religion, health economics Tags: evolutionary psychology
V.V. Chari testifies on modern macroeconomics and information prerequisites to predicting the GFC
09 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

Clarkson explains why cycling is bad for the environment
05 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: climate alarmists
Exaggeration About Global Warming Is Greater Than Ever
04 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in climate change, development economics, economics of information, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism

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