24 Apr 2024
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics, transport economics, urban economics
Tags: electric cars
In a fit of self-loathing, the European Union has begun to destroy the economic engine that pays its bills. Some of this is well known, but some is not, and it will astonish you.
The War On Cars
23 Apr 2024
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking
Tags: anticapitalist mentality, capitalism and freedom
23 Apr 2024
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics
Around the time of the first Earth Day (1970), Environmentalists were making dire predictions (via Mark Perry): …world famines of unbelievable proportions. some 4 billion people, including 65 million Americans, would perish in the “Great Die-Off.” By the year 2000, … there won’t be any more crude oil. Lead, zinc, tin, gold, and silver would…
What does Earth Day teach us about supply?
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