The $15 Minimum Wage Is Turning Hard Workers Into Black Market Lawbreakers
22 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, labour economics, minimum wage Tags: The fatal conceit
My @DomPost op-ed on how @nzdrug and @_chloeswarbrick might screw up marijuana legalisation
15 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decrimilisation, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Full version at http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/111279052/is-drug-legalisation-worse-than-the-status-quo?cid=app-android
The Battle for New York City’s Trash | The New Yorker
14 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics Tags: recycling
A conversation with Ronald H. Coase
11 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, privatisation, Ronald Coase Tags: Coase theorem
Ronald Coase Interview with CEI Founder Fred Smith
10 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, environmental economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, Ronald Coase Tags: Coase theorem
California Home Prices Are Soaring. Here’s Why: houses as expensive as Wellington’s
09 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
David Friedman – Hidden Order (Booknotes on C-SPAN)
09 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economics of crime, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights
Seed improvement explained
07 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: anti-GMOs movement, antiscience left

The approach of @Greenpeace, @NZGreens and @oxfamnz to science and progress has deep roots
07 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: antiscience left, The Great Enrichment

Ronald Coase on JS Mill’s false doctrine of natural monopoly
07 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: natural monopoly, regulatory capture, special interest groups
The Coase Theorem
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Ronald Coase Tags: Coase theorem
Ronald Coase speaking about George Stigler’s Coase Theorem
03 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, law and economics, public economics, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase Tags: Coase theorem

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