What makes countries rich or poor?
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape
More Sex is Safer Sex | Prof Steven Landsburg
06 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
Sweden Not a Socialist Success
29 Nov 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: Sweden
Brendan O’Neill on Demise of Left to Environmentalism
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics, history of economic thought Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left
Line of Inquiry: John H. Cochrane on how to prevent financial crises
28 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics, monetary economics
Same applies to those who say they predicted the #GFC
24 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, law and economics Tags: securities fraud

Antitrust economists still worry about a lack of new entry into oligopolistic industry that rarely makes a proft
15 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: competition law, pretence to knowledge

Why did @medsafe duplicate overseas drug testing? The dead are many from drug lags.
08 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: drug lags

Nucky & the Boardwalk Empire
06 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of prohibition, organized crime
Why American Sunscreens Suck
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: The fatal conceit





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