Richard Epstein, “A History of Public Utility Regulation in the Supreme Court”
17 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, Public Choice, Richard Epstein Tags: competition law, network industries
Milton Friedman – Economic Transition in Eastern Europe – George Shultz, George Stigler
08 May 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, George Stigler, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, property rights, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism
Germany is 125th easiest place in the world to start a business
05 May 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights
Myth of the Rational Voter
02 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, election campaigns, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, Marxist economics, minimum wage, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, population economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, resource economics, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, pessimism bias, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, regressive left
The Vice Fund and the wages of sin under #COVID19
27 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of regulation, 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.
Can the Free Market End Global Poverty? Joseph Stiglitz vs. William Easterly
26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, P.T. Bauer, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Is @BernieSanders right? Is there a difference between socialism and communism?
24 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of central planning, fall of communism, regressive left, The fatal conceit
A Conversation with Harold Demsetz
22 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Armen Alchian, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, George Stigler, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, resource economics, Richard Posner, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, survivor principle, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics
Thomas Sargent on deposit insurance
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, financial economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
Jason Brennan: Fake Socialism vs. Real Capitalism
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: Age of Enlightenment, capitalism and freedom, The Great Escape
Joe Rogan Experience #877 – Jordan Peterson
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of regulation, energy economics, health economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: gender wage gap, political correctness, regressive left
Is there an alternative to Obamacare?
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: health insurance
#COVID19 tradeoffs
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics
Capitalism vs. Slavery…and The New York Times’ 1619 Project
18 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights Tags: regressive left
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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