Should Hate Speech Be Censored? Nadine Strossen

28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economics of crime, economics of information, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags:

Richard Epstein’s preferred Human Rights Act

25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of information, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Richard Epstein Tags: , ,

Seinfeld: Wedding Rings signal quality

25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of love and marriage, law and economics, television Tags: ,

Scott Freeman and Bruce Champ on deposit insurance and moral hazard

25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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Milton Friedman marshalls arguements against market socialism and workers’ cooperatives

25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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Norwegians are a bunch of nosey parkers @women_nz @NZHumanRights @EricCrampton

24 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of media and culture, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: , ,

From https://qz.com/work/1610737/why-pay-transparency-isnt-necessarily-a-good-idea/

The Myth of the Rational Voter | Bryan Caplan & Will Wilkinson

22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, Public Choice, public economics Tags: ,

George Stigler on the poverty of abundant privacy

22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of information, George Stigler, law and economics, property rights Tags:

Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Wrong Answer on civil rihhts

20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein Tags:

From https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/24/rand-paul-rachel-maddow-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html

Carlton and Peltzman on who founded the modern theory of competition and oligopoly

20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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Why the war on poverty failed — and what to do now – John McWhorter

19 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags:

From https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/29/14112084/war-on-poverty-brooklyn-great-society

Coase on monopolistic competition

19 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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Five things to know before you FaceApp your face

19 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, property rights

Is this correct?

18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags:

All to often the climate emergency is a truth emergency

18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of information, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: ,

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