Claude 3 on why the US leads China and the EU in economic dynamism

21 May 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, public economics, survivor principle Tags: ,

QUESTION TO CLAUDE 3:  The EU and China lag behind the US in economic dynamism, measured by start-up activity, number of unicorns, age of unicorns (younger indicates more rapid innovation), and in productivity growth. Can you document this and tell me why?ANSWER:  Here is the data to document the economic dynamism gap between the US,…

Claude 3 on why the US leads China and the EU in economic dynamism

Nanny state

16 May 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, health economics, public economics Tags:

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Legal Absurdities in Climate Policy: A Critical Review of Tilak Doshi’s Analysis

14 May 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics Tags: ,

Such simplifications in judicial decisions risk setting dangerous precedents where policies are shaped not by empirical evidence but by judicial interpretations of contested scientific theories.

Legal Absurdities in Climate Policy: A Critical Review of Tilak Doshi’s Analysis

The work culture that is German, something about France too

10 May 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of regulation

In Germany, robots must obey the sabbath pic.twitter.com/vphLpXAA0e — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 25, 2024 As for Canada, “Justice Minister defends house arrest power for people feared to commit a hate crime in future.“

The work culture that is German, something about France too

More Good Results from Argentina

28 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, growth disasters, income redistribution, labour economics, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, monetary economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags:

The most important election of 2023 took place in Argentina, where that nation’s voters elected the libertarian candidate, Javier Milei, as their new president. I discussed the outlook for Milei’s agenda on a recent appearance of the Schilling Show. Here’s a brief excerpt. As you can see, I’m worried that Milei faces enormous obstacles. Argentina […]

More Good Results from Argentina

Is the Commerce Commission for consumers or suppliers

24 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, industrial organisation Tags: ,

Max Salmon writes: Last week the Commerce Commission announced its concern with a proposed merger between Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island. Their concern is a decrease in competition in the market. It sounds crazy when you first hear it, but it’s even weirder when you see what the Commerce Commission is actually worried […]

Is the Commerce Commission for consumers or suppliers

Scotland to ditch key climate change target

21 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags:

By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public The Scottish government is to ditch its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

Scotland to ditch key climate change target

Marxist Economics Is Dumb

20 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, economics of regulation, financial economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags:

TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Editor: You report that, in response to Google’s firing of 28 workers who protested that company’s affiliation with the Israeli government, a spokeswoman for the group that organized the protests said about the firings that “this flagrant act of retaliation is a clear indication that Google values…

Marxist Economics Is Dumb

Shock Findings: Plastic Shopping Bags Cause Around Four Times Less ‘Carbon’ Emissions than Paper Substitutes

17 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, environmental economics, global warming Tags: ,

Almost everything that is being forced through, whether it be demonising plastic to blanketing the land and seas with giant wind turbines, makes little sense. They often cause more ecological harm than good, while the fudged finances backing many of the projects might shame Charles Ponzi.

Shock Findings: Plastic Shopping Bags Cause Around Four Times Less ‘Carbon’ Emissions than Paper Substitutes

NIMBYism explained

16 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: , ,

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Germany Electric Car Sales Plummet 30% As Country Floats Idea Of Weekend Driving Ban!

14 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: ,

The massive sales drop is bad news for the current German socialist-green government, which aims to have 15 million vehicles on the road by 2030. Currently there are just 1.4 million!

Germany Electric Car Sales Plummet 30% As Country Floats Idea Of Weekend Driving Ban!

A Socialist Explains Why Socialism Can’t Work

13 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: ,

Not that the socialist in question, Professor Richard D. Wolff, realises that’s what he’s doing in the Q&A video below – and he’s not talking about traditional Communist Command and Controlled Economies. What he’s actually describing is a very pure form of socialism, the sort only vaguely imagined by Marx, Engels and other communists when […]

A Socialist Explains Why Socialism Can’t Work

Coffee’s Supply & Demand Dance during Prohibition

08 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, economics of regulation, health economics Tags:

I’ve written about coffee consumption during US alcohol prohibition in the past. I’ve also written about visualizing supply and demand. Many. Times. Today, I want to illustrate how to use supply and demand to reveal clues about the cause of a market’s volume and price changes. I’ll illustrate with an example of coffee consumption during […]

Coffee’s Supply & Demand Dance during Prohibition

Stopping people dying on the job – Brooke van Velden on workplace safety…

07 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - New Zealand

Three cheers for the Green Party mayor!

02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, urban economics Tags:

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