Australians gamble (and lose) more than anyone else on a per-person basis econ.st/1Fy42BO #econarchive http://t.co/z2BeOcbRAn—
The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 06, 2015
Australians are the world’s worst gamblers
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation Tags: gambling, gambling regulation
Is Uber taking British customers for a ride?
14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, Uber
Is Uber taking British customers for a ride? i100.io/40kqOqH http://t.co/ok7UJmmgNQ—
i100 (@thei100) June 11, 2015
Prohibition lives! Counties where alcohol cannot be sold
12 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of prohibition, our goal regulation
US counties where alcohol is not allowed to be sold AKA dry counties (red) http://t.co/MC6iR6G9KE—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) June 05, 2015
The rising gales of creative destruction in brewing
09 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: alcohol regulation, beer brewing, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation
Breweries in the US http://t.co/rcYlpmJspa—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 11, 2015
What It’s Like to Be Declared Dead by the US Government
09 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, politics - USA Tags: government failure, Social Security numbers
In 2011, the Office of the Inspector General conducted an audit of the Death Master File, and found that, from May 2007 to April 2010, 36,657 living people (12,219 per year) had been prematurely added, nulling them legally dead. After probing deeper, officials estimated that between 700 and 2,800 people were erroneously declared dead every month since the list’s inception. Over the file’s 35-year history, the Inspector General suspects that more than 500,000 Americans have been affected.
The price, output and acreage effects of a GMO ban
08 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, technological progress Tags: agricultural economics, expressive voting, extreme poverty, global hunger, global poverty, GMOs, Left-wing hypocrisy, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Fact
Organic farming is a gift….
facebook.com/welovegv http://t.co/iu8Jq0KcHD—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 05, 2015
Projected increases in corn and soy prices in a world without GMOs
ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/2049… http://t.co/PNydjpl59K—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 08, 2015
If you outlaw GMOs, be prepared to bring millions of acres of forest land, cropland & pasture under farming http://t.co/H9ftkxhXYe—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 08, 2015
If GMOs are banned today in the US, what would be the crop yield reduction? http://t.co/pEn73PODcR—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 08, 2015
Occupational Health & Safety has come a long way with rising incomes
06 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934. http://t.co/DhxAiCIowS—
ClassicPics (@History_Pics) May 25, 2015
Where is alcohol consumption highest?
04 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: alcohol regulation, economics of prohibition
#Dailychart: Where is alcohol consumption highest? It's not where you might think econ.st/1gIERk4 http://t.co/RBwfGwKgAn—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) May 15, 2014
A Bootleggers and Baptists alliance against e-cigarettes
03 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bootleggers and baptists, economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, pressure groups
This Eco-Friendly Capsule Home Would Let You Live Off The Grid Anywhere In The World?
03 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, urban economics Tags: land use planning, NIMBYs, RMA, zoning
I doubt that it would get planning permission in either Auckland and Christchurch?
It is hard to get local government land use permission to build new granny flats and other small and temporary accommodation units in Auckland and Christchurch.
Auckland has rapidly increasing housing prices. Christchurch is still rebuilding after an earthquake so both housing prices and rents in particular are skyrocketing. The local councils in both cities are strict regulations restricting or prohibiting high-density housing.
via This Eco-Friendly Capsule Home Would Let You Live Off The Grid Anywhere In The World | IFLScience.
More and more countries still think smokers don’t know the risks of cancer sticks
02 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of smoking, nanny state, Other people are stupid fallacy, paternalism, risk trade-offs
The war on smoking, in one chart i100.io/6f3d2uj http://t.co/mlajmx68yq—
i100 (@thei100) November 26, 2014
Scandinavian tax revenues as a % of GDP, 1965–2013
29 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, public economics, Sam Peltzman Tags: Denmark, Finland, growth of government, Norway, Sweden
Peltzman was right! Scandinavian growth in the size of government stopped in the early 1980s.
Figure 1: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish tax revenues as a percentage of GDP, 1965–2013
Source: OECD StatExtract.
1/3rd of mass shootings ended when members of the public subdued or shot the perpetrator
28 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, gun control
The NYT must be slipping with "When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire”
27 May 2015 2 Comments
in discrimination, economics of regulation, gender, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, maternity leave, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
The best part of the article is its frank admission about how bare the cupboard is in dealing with the impact of generous maternity leave on the gender gap. Maternity leave should not be too generous, should not be paid by employers but by taxpayers, and should extend to both men and women.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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