Climate economics: Optimal climate policy
11 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading
Real housing prices since 1975
04 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land affordability, land supply, zoning
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Judge Richard A. Posner in Conversation with Professor Luigi Zingales
02 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - USA, Richard Posner
It is illegal to mention the 3% minimum wage increase surcharge in New York State
13 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
My favourite @FairnessNZ graphic
05 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand Tags: alternative facts, Employment Contracts Act, labour market reform, neoliberalism, Rogernomics
Source: Low Wage Economy | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi, with extra annotations by this blogger.
To paint pre-1984 New Zealand, pre-neoliberal New Zealand as a fairly egalitarian paradise, Max Rashbrooke is an example, is to ignore two thirds of the population and the inequalities they suffered:
“New Zealand up until the 1980s was fairly egalitarian, apart from Maori and women, our increasing income gap started in the late 1980s and early 1990s,” says Rashbrooke. “These young club members are the first generation to grow up in a New Zealand really starkly divided by income.”
Racism and patriarchy can sit comfortably with a fairly egalitarian society if you are to believe the vision of the Twitter Left as to their good old days.
John Quiggin refers to the period in Australia known as the Menzies Era as part of his golden age of the mixed economy. The Menzies Era was most of the 23 years of uninterrupted conservative party rule between 1949 and 1972. The actual Menzies Era was the period up to 1966 when Liberal Party Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies retired
The “islamophobia” narrative, free speech & the Left’s double standard on islam – Sarah Haider
04 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, liberalism Tags: political correctness
Ban swimming in rivers? 100 drown annually; 100s fall sick every year even under the old standard
24 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics
Infallible proof Vodafone SkyTV merger is pro-competitive
23 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand Tags: antitrust economics, merger law enforcement
Why would rivals oppose reduced competition, which means they can put their prices up too? That is what reduced competition means.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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