Why America still uses Fahrenheit
10 Feb 2018 1 Comment
in economic history, economics of regulation
How China is changing Hollywood despite admitting only 34 films per year
05 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, movies Tags: Censorship, China
More on solution aversion
29 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, environmental economics Tags: motivated reasoning


Firing Line – Thomas Sowell w/ William F. Buckley Jr. (1981)
27 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, labour economics Tags: racial discrimination, Thomas Sowell
Corruption in driver’s licenses
21 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice, transport economics Tags: economics of corruption, India
How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act; Trigger warning wine lovers
07 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: black markets, economics of prohibition, offsetting behaviour, prohibition era, unintended consequences
Well said @GreenpeaceNZ @GreenpeaceAP
21 Dec 2017 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, GMOs

West Wing 2:4 – Gun Control
18 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - USA, television Tags: gun control, West Wing
Co-op founder expains impact of net neutrality on a small ISP
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: net neutrality, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences

The Green Book and Racism on Route 66
08 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship Tags: Jim Crow era, racial discrimination
#OTD 1933: End of US Alcohol Prohibition
06 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of prohibition, nanny state
Yes, Minister meeting with the Chief Whip
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of regulation, television, welfare reform Tags: Yes Minister
There is a message in here somewhere
12 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: land supply, zoning
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