
Interesting point by Richard Epstein
02 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of regulation, gender, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, transport economics Tags: competition law, creative destruction, racial discrimination

Don’t Let Hillary Clinton Leave You Defenseless. Best negative Republican ad from the National Rifle Assn. A gripping mini-drama of a woman hearing an intruder in her house
01 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Attack Ads, gun control
Why central planning (a prize system) is inferior to patents @mfcannon @catoinstitute
30 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, patents and copyright

Save the oceans – stop recycling plastic
29 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, environmental economics Tags: recycling
Stigler explains how intellectuals and consultants ply their policy trade honestly
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, George Stigler, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: consultants, job sorting, public intellectuals

The Fall of New York City’s Taxi King
27 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, transitional gains trap, Uber
The left says it isn’t anti-science
24 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, food safety, The Great Escape

How genetically modified mosquitoes could fight malaria #GMO @greenpeace
16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Anti-Science left, GMOs, regressive left
How Uber destroyed the NYC cab market
12 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: taxi regulation, Uber
How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition
Why did @jamespeshaw put Suzi Kerr on his climate committee after letting this cat out of the bag in her JEL 2015 survey?
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: carbon tax, expressive politics, game theory, international public goods

A Conversation with Gary Becker: The Future of US Economic Policy
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, Gary Becker, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA



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