
Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, George Stigler, income redistribution, law and economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: offsetting behaviour, rent control, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
A note for anti-science left especially given its embrace of climate science denial. Previously hollowed consensus isn’t pessimistic enough to justify the Green New Deal
13 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Anti-Science left, climate alarmism, pessimism bias

Richard A. Posner, “The Embattled Corporation”
12 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Posner, survivor principle Tags: adverse selection, moral hazard
Econ Duel: Why Is the Rent So Damn High?
11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, rent control
The solution to the #ClimateEmergency is at hand but is ignored because it might work @jamespeshaw @greenpeace
06 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, Thomas Schelling Tags: international public goods

@sandeepvaheesan misrepresents Robert Bork on merger policy @ProMarket_org @openmarkets
06 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: competition law


Note for @NZGreens
05 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: anti-GMO movement, Anti-Science left, anti-vaccination movement, climate alarmism, vaccines

Note for the anti-science left
05 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: anti-GMO movement, cranks

Lessons from Africa
04 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: bribery and corruption, economics of colonialism, ODA
Intersectionality makes it obvious who @NZHumanRights would side with?
03 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, economics of religion, law and economics, property rights Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left

V.V. Chari testifies on the information assumptions of modern macroeconomics and the risk of financial crises
03 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

Usage Share of Internet Browsers 1996 – 2019. I am sure @NZComCom was convinced Netscape had a monopoly
02 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: competition law, creative destruction, The fatal conceit




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