How Don Lavoie Changed the Debate about Socialism and Central Planning
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in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, Marxist economics, Public Choice
Are markets efficient? Eugene Fama (yes!) and Richard Thaler (no!) debate
30 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, behavioural economics, entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, Eugene Fama, passive investing
Capitalism in the United States is ruthless—to the rich
27 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: top 1%
Eugene Fama Why Small Caps and Value Stocks Outperform
09 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: efficient market hypothesis, Eugene Fama
Econ Duel: Will Machines Take Our Jobs?
02 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction
Voltaire on the 1734 London Stock Exchange:
31 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, labour economics Tags: customer discrimination, market process, The meaning of competition
Vice Fund and Vanguard Social Index head to head
31 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, passive investing, social investing
Cumulative value of $1 invested in Vice Fund on launch date, 30 August 2002
Where does the Vice Fund invest? @EricCrampton
28 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: efficient markets hypothesis, entrepreneurial alertness
The Vice Fund, now called the Barrier Fund, is a mutual fund investing in companies that have significant involvement in, or derive a substantial portion of their revenues from the tobacco, gambling, defence/weapons, and alcohol industries. It continues to beat the market.
Can You Beat the Market?
28 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, passive investing
Creative destruction in the 5 largest companies
24 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, fisheries economics Tags: Apple, creative destruction, Microsoft
South Korea and Industrial Policy
23 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, industrial organisation, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: industry policy. South Korea, picking winners
A lecture with Robin Hanson Age of Em
18 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship Tags: Robin Hanson, The Great Enrichment
26th anniversary of Julian Simon @PaulREhrlich bet @GreenpeaceNZ @GreenpeaceUSA
11 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, energy economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, resource economics, survivor principle Tags: commodity prices, doomsday prophecies, endogenous growth theory, entrepreneurial alertness, Julian Simon, Paul Ehrlich
A 2011 blog post of mine on "the bet" rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2011/10/cornuc…
Attached a bigger bin of commodities & bet dates in red http://t.co/SC6HeuRwys—
Roger Pielke Jr. (@RogerPielkeJr) April 29, 2015
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