George Orwell: The Uncompromising Visionary
30 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, Marxist economics, Public Choice
“Us” isn’t inclusive! No room for the superiority of Western values: democracy is better, free speech is better, equality of the sexes is better.
28 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, politics - Australia, Public Choice Tags: political correctness, regressive left

Steven Pinker on the radical left, Jordan Peterson, Chomsky, and Sam Harris
26 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, gender, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, moral psychology, political correctness, regressive left
John Cleese: Political Correctness Can Lead to an Orwellian Nightmare
25 Nov 2019 1 Comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The curse of the woke
24 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, movies, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, television Tags: political correctness

I draw the lines the same
20 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, property rights Tags: vegetarianism

#OTD 1967
17 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics Tags: pessimism bias, prophets of doom

The Truth Cannot be Sexist – Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences
15 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, gender, health economics, human capital, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, gender wage gap, moral psychology
Steven Pinker on Gender Pronouns
15 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages, political correctness, regressive left
Why Iceland Offers a Perfect Picture of our Geological Past
11 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: Iceland
Uncommon Knowledge classic: The Sixties with Hitchens and William F. Buckley
07 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, politics - USA

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