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Ten Provocative Graphs
Ten Provocative Graphs
31 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics
Prepping for the Next Pandemic
24 May 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, health economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of pandemics
If you are like me, you spend a certain amount of time trying not to remember the pandemic experience. But COVID-19 pandemic did cause more than one million American deaths. In a world of sane and sensible prioritizing and policy-making, spending some time and effort focused on how to reduce the risks and costs of…
Prepping for the Next Pandemic
A Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative
08 May 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
by Judith Curry and Harry DeAngelo We have a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, entitled “A Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative.” The paper reflects the JACF’s ongoing interest in publishing articles that analyze important Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues in ways that are useful for investors, money managers, […]
A Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative
The test of time
22 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism
The Year Without a Summer: A Climate Catastrophe and Its Global Impact
10 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of natural disasters
The “Year Without a Summer,” which occurred in 1816, stands as one of the most dramatic examples of short-term climate disruption in recorded history. This year was marked by unusual and extreme weather patterns that caused widespread crop failures, food shortages, and social unrest across the Northern Hemisphere. The phenomenon was primarily caused by the […]
The Year Without a Summer: A Climate Catastrophe and Its Global Impact
Medieval Warm Period Undeniable, Pronounced In Antarctica And Poland, 2 New Studies Show
25 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in economic history, economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The two new studies from Antarctica and Poland indicate that the natural climate factors still need to be much better understood in order to be able to incorporate them faithfully into climate models. Currently, the simulations do not attribute a major role to natural climate events, which is a serious mistake.
Medieval Warm Period Undeniable, Pronounced In Antarctica And Poland, 2 New Studies Show
Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism
05 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, budget deficits, economic growth, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: economics of pandemics
That’s the title of a 2024 book by a couple of Australian academic economists, Steven Hamilton (based in US) and Richard Holden (a professor at the University of New South Wales). The subtitle of the book is “How we crushed the curve but lost the race”. It is easy to get off on the wrong […]
Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism
The cost of Reserve Bank regulation
02 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: monetary policy
Roger Partridge writes: A new submission to the Committee from banking experts Andrew Body and Simon Jensen provides fresh evidence of these costs. Their analysis shows the Reserve Bank’s capital rules add between 0.25 and 0.375 percentage points to mortgage rates compared with Australia. For a million-dollar mortgage, that means between $2,500 and $3,750 in […]
The cost of Reserve Bank regulation
Must watch – Gigi Foster on lockdowns at PAEC
17 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, econometerics, economics of natural disasters, health economics, politics - Australia Tags: economics of pandemics
Protection against asteriod strikes
13 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of natural disasters Tags: space
I have some bad news, fellow Earthlings: There is a newly discovered asteroid, called 2024 YR4, headed for our planet. Fortunately, the risk is neither great nor urgent. The chance of impact, which would happen on Dec. 22, 2032, is estimated at only about 2.3%. The worst-case scenario, though not world-ending, is still horrific. The asteroid is estimated […]
Protection against asteriod strikes
‘Mystery Volcano’ that Lowered Global Temperatures Nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit in 1831 Identified
21 Jan 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: volcanoes
To find the volcano, researchers compared the chemistry of microscopic shards of ash extracted from ice cores drilled in Greenland with samples from the Zavaritskii caldera. They determined it was a perfect match.
‘Mystery Volcano’ that Lowered Global Temperatures Nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit in 1831 Identified
Bill Maher’s latest monologue: the L.A. fires and progressive politics
19 Jan 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
After a vacation hiatus, Bill Maher is back with a monologue called, “New rules: political firestorm.” Here he parses blame for the L.A. fires between unavoidable causes (no rain, lots of brush) and avoidable ones (blockheaded politicians). The latter, he says, involves cuts in the firse-department budget, stolen or nonfunctional hydrants, empty reservoirs, exposed power […]
Bill Maher’s latest monologue: the L.A. fires and progressive politics
CA gov prevents voluntary wealth-creating transactions
17 Jan 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights
From REASON: On January 7, Newsom issued a state of emergency as fires spread in Los Angeles County. On Tuesday, Newsom signed Executive Order N-7-25, prohibiting buyers for three months from “making any unsolicited offer to an owner of real property” in fire-affected areas “for an amount less than the fair market value of the…
CA gov prevents voluntary wealth-creating transactions
Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires
15 Jan 2025 1 Comment
in economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, environmental economics, environmentalism, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, urban economics
Blaming climate change for these disasters only deflects attention away from actual causes. Fabrications linking rising CO2 to wildfires should be ignored. Governments must employ solutions that will truly protect people and their property from the unstoppable, natural conditions enabling devastating fires.
Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires
Climate Crisis Policies Destructive to Los Angles Area Environment and Harmful to Wildlife
13 Jan 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism
When Americans supported the Endangered Species Act, these were some of the species they had in mind…not bait fish.
Climate Crisis Policies Destructive to Los Angles Area Environment and Harmful to Wildlife
Many supporters of sensible climate science policies have gone into great depth about the realities of climate change because of these fires. However, this is the first time I recall “climate crisis’ propaganda posts being so heavily ratioed.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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