Judge Frank Easterbrook on antitrust law history

23 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Posner, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: , , , , , , ,

The wages of sin in the #COVID19 reallocation shock; how is the vice fund doing?

21 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics

From https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/VICEX:US

USA Mutuals Vitium Global Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in equity securities of companies that derive a significant portion of their revenues from a group of vice industries that includes the alcoholic beverages, defense/aerospace, gaming and tobacco industries. The Fund will concentrate at least 25% of its net assets in this group of four vice industries.

At the depths of the #COVID19 depression

20 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economics of regulation, health economics, income redistribution, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: , ,

Angus Deaton: Epidemiology, randomised trials, and the search for what works in economic development

20 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, labour economics, minimum wage, Public Choice Tags: ,

Did land use regulations cause the productivity slowdown?

19 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

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What would @AOC @oxfam @Greenpeace @berniesanders @Greens @NZGreens choose?

15 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Joseph Schumpeter, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, unemployment, unions Tags: ,

From http://coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2004/12/progressives_di.html

The price of NIMBYs

13 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economics of regulation, macroeconomics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics

From https://eml.berkeley.edu/~moretti/growth.pdf

Fiat Value in the theory of value – an ADEMU lecture by Edward C Prescott

12 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, Edward Prescott, fiscal policy, fisheries economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags:

3rd. Global Conference Business Cycles – Edward C Prescott

10 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, Edward Prescott, entrepreneurship, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics, public economics, unemployment Tags:

INCU Global Conference 2014 – Thomas J. Sargent – Keynote Address on the effects of opening borders

02 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, currency unions, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, unemployment Tags: , ,

Thomas Schelling on #globalwarming, 2005

01 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Thomas Schelling Tags: ,

To a tee @NZGreens @Greens @AOC @BernieSanders

31 Aug 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, unions Tags: , ,

WHERE BROWN V. BOARD FELL SHORT – George Will 1994

30 Aug 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , , , , , ,

From https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1994/05/15/where-brown-v-board-fell-short/1b8cd4bd-b53d-4f04-bce3-6f463b58260e/

Exploring Liberty, Part 4: Simple Rules for a Complex World

30 Aug 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, Richard Epstein Tags:

‘POVERTY – Who’s to Blame?’ – The 2019 Hayek Memorial Lecture – Professor Bryan Caplan

28 Aug 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, econometerics, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, international economic law, international economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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