Apartheid South Africa tried to set Peter Tatchell up as a bank robber to smear his anti-apartheid activities – bizarre black propaganda. Arrested 300 times, left brain-damaged from a bashing by Mugabe’s thugs, he is now listed as a national treasure for his relentlessly principled activism.
@nusuk labels @PeterTatchell, of all people, a reactionary!
16 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, liberalism
Milton Friedman on racism and sexism in Hollywood, today and yesterday
16 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA
David Henderson reminded me of the superb discussion by Milton Friedman in Capitalism and Freedom of the way in which the marketplace erodes prejudice.
Source: Milton Friedman on Trumbo, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty.
@NewStatesman @WebbTrust prize-winning essay on inequality missed The Great Escape
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, Leftover Left, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, Twitter left
Source: How can growth reduce inequality?
When my father was born, 7 in 10 people lived in absolute poverty.
Today, it's 1 in 10! https://t.co/1Caqku3AY1—
Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) October 21, 2015
世界の所得分布、1988 → 2011年 ourworldindata.org/VisualHistoryO…
この間の世界の富裕分の殆どを中国で説明できそうだ。インドはあまり変わってない。 https://t.co/ygWYornmY8—
Spica (@Kelangdbn) October 19, 2015
Unimaginative Darwin Awards application
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: Darwin awards
Cmon aussie c’mon original
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in cricket, economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Ronald Coase, sports economics Tags: advertising, Australia, entrepreneurial alertness
Partisans divides on foreign threats in the USA
12 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, climate alarmism, foreign policy, global warming, voter demographics
Science denier bingo
11 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: antiscience left, philosophy of science, quackery, Quacks, sociology of science
PMG radio & TV licences (Frank Thring)
11 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, public economics
HT: Antony Green.
The Hilarious Censor Negotiation Letter From Monty Python
09 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, liberalism, movies
Creative destruction in smart phone market shares
09 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: cell phones, creative destruction, Iphone, smart phones
Software piracy by country
08 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, law and economics, property rights Tags: intellectual property, patents and copyrights, software piracy
Here’s where Republicans and Democrats differ on the role of government
08 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election Republican Party, Democratic Party, votor demographics
@GreenCatherine I’ve been banned from the Conservative sub-Reddit
07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in administration, economics of media and culture
In a perfectly balanced sample, I have been banned from the Conservatives sub-Reddit for being a left-wing troll and from the New Zealand and Australian sub-Reddits for being a right-wing troll.
Add to that, I am blocked on Twitter by both the Minister of Health and the Green party spokesman on health. Must be doing something right.
A bizarre Finnish amateur racing car practice for redistributing winning
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, fiscal policy, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, public economics, rentseeking Tags: basic income, car racing, Finland, guaranteed minimum income, negative income tax
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