The essence of science for the Anti-science Left @NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ #GMOs
30 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, climate alarmism, economics of agriculture, global warming, GMOs, Greenpeace, New Zealand Greens, precautionary principle
Should backyard swimming pools be banned?
26 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health and safety, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: gun control, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, risk risk trade-offs
The Bootleggers and Baptists alliance between big tobacco and anti-smoking lobbyists on e-cigarettes
25 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bootleggers and baptists, economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, pressure groups, special interests
How big is Uber
23 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
CHART: How Big is Uber vs. Legacy Taxis? VERY, VERY BIG nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html… http://t.co/gz0vXPZDip—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) August 22, 2015
via Summer of Uber: Everything you need to know about the upstart ride-sharing service.
Why some billionaires are bad for growth, and others aren’t
22 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, financial economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: Australia, billionaires, Russia, top 0.1%, top 1%
…Bagchi and Svejnar carefully went through the lists of all the Forbes billionaires, and divided them into those who had acquired their wealth due to political connections, and those who had not. This is kind of a slippery slope — almost all billionaires have probably benefited from government connections at one time or another.
But the researchers used a very conservative standard for classifying people as politically connected, only assigning billionaires to this group when it was clear that their wealth was a product of government connections. Just benefiting from a government that was pro-business, like those in Singapore and Hong Kong, wasn’t enough.
Rather, the researchers were looking for a situation like Indonesia under Suharto, where political connections were usually needed to secure import licenses, or Russia in the mid-1990s, when some state employees made fortunes overnight as the state privatized assets.
…The negative effects of wealth inequality are largely being driven by politically connected wealth inequality. That seems to be the primary channel that drives this relationship…
a 3.72 percent increase in the level of wealth inequality would cost a country about half a percent of real GDP per capita growth. That’s a big impact, given that average GDP growth is in the neighbourhood of two percent per year
How is the environment going under the ravages of 21st century capitalism
22 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, politics - USA Tags: doomsday prophecies, doomsday prophets, environmental law, environmental protection, environmental regulation, free market environmentalism, green scaremongering, tear pollution, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, water pollution
U.S. population has grown since 1980, yet pollution rates either haven't moved or are falling. buff.ly/1ILu7RM http://t.co/PXriaKlsZO—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) August 14, 2015
Why do unilateral actions to combat global warming fail in Congress?
21 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, evidence-based policy, expressive politics, expressive voting, global warming, rational irrationality
Why @NZGreens @nzlabour @GreenpeaceNZ hate applied welfare economics
21 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, expressive voting, Greenpeace, Leftover Left, make-work bias, methodology of economics, New Zealand Greens, New Zealand Labour Party, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Quotation of the Day from French Economist Frederic Bastiat in the 1850s http://t.co/2ECWtb6m9u—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) August 14, 2015
Where is it easiest to start a business?
20 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation Tags: cost of doing business, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, freedom of entry
Where is it easiest to start a business? Explore the fully interactive map. buff.ly/1GPl5DM #progress http://t.co/YlN3vtfKpt—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 18, 2015
Chances of dying in a plane crash
20 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, transport economics Tags: air crash investigations, aviation safety, The Great Escape
Why Is The NRA So Powerful
19 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, economics of regulation, Public Choice Tags: competition for political influence, gun control, lobby groups, median voter theorem, rational ignorance, special interests, voter demographics
What does U.S. gun ownership really look like? Load up with #PollPosition’s @Johnnydontlike: bit.ly/1y2EMjX http://t.co/fn5EpM75U7—
(@PJTV) March 25, 2015
@NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ Senator Leyonhjelm on the blood on the hands of the modern Luddites
19 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism Tags: Anti-Science left, expressive voting, GMOs, golden rice, Greenpeace, Luddites, New Zealand Greens, precautionary principle, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
Good as Gold: Can Golden Rice and Other Biofortified Crops Prevent Malnutrition? ow.ly/QQ1VT #Harvard http://t.co/O3SwpGhsXD—
Golden Rice (@Golden_Rice) August 13, 2015
INFOGRAPHICS: The Impacts of #Biotechnology: A Close Look at the Latest Study ow.ly/GUi4U @FoodInsight http://t.co/JQsmrm2Lv1—
Golden Rice (@Golden_Rice) January 07, 2015
Anti-Golden Rice keyboard
Used by opponent to debate against supporters of #goldenrice
@EcoSenseNow @Golden_Rice http://t.co/q6xt5j7hb1—
Golden Rice Now (@paulevans18) August 21, 2015
.@gpph If this girl could have eaten #goldenrice for lunch, she would not be blind today. ALLOW GOLDEN RICE NOW http://t.co/3UlwHAdWdZ—
Golden Rice Now (@paulevans18) July 29, 2015
On the inefficiency of fuel efficiency standards
17 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: fuel efficiency standards, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge, unintended consequences
The Canadians are coming! The Canadians are buying up our land! What has @NZGreens to say about that?
17 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: Australia, Canada, China, FDI, Japan, Left-wing hypocrisy, left-wing popularism, New Zealand Greens, right-wing popularism
Canada was the largest source of foreign investment during the period, as its pension fund bought 18 properties in a portfolio from AMP and increased its stake in Kaingaroa Forest.
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