Richard A. Posner, “The Embattled Corporation”
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Anti-science @Greenpeace @NZGreens @Greens @AOC @BernieSanders
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, financial economics, global warming, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, offsetting behaviour, philosophy of science, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences, useful idiots
Payday lenders help overcome adverse selection
20 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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#globalwarming #climateemergency @Greenpeace @Greens @AOC @NZGreens @BernieSanders
18 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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TEDxEast – Tyler Cowen – The Great Stagnation
14 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment
Steven Landsburg – Why is there something instead of nothing? – September 19,2020
11 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment, unintended consequences
.@BernieSanders @AOC @Greens @NZGreens
02 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, development economics, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, Economics of international refugee law, economics of love and marriage, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, fiscal policy, gender, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, International law, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: Age of Enlightenment, moral psychology, offsetting behaviour, political psychology, regressive left, The fatal conceit, The Great Enrichment, unintended consequences, useful idiots
How Did Paul Krugman Get It So Wrong?
30 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, inflation targeting, job search and matching, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas, unemployment Tags: Keynesian macroeconomics, New Keynesian macroeconomics
Economic Reform in New Zealand | Ruth Richardson
23 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: creative destruction, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
The wages of sin in the #COVID19 reallocation shock; how is the vice fund doing?
21 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics
From https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/VICEX:US
USA Mutuals Vitium Global Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in equity securities of companies that derive a significant portion of their revenues from a group of vice industries that includes the alcoholic beverages, defense/aerospace, gaming and tobacco industries. The Fund will concentrate at least 25% of its net assets in this group of four vice industries.
3rd. Global Conference Business Cycles – Edward C Prescott
10 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
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INCU Global Conference 2014 – Thomas J. Sargent – Keynote Address on the effects of opening borders
02 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, currency unions, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, unemployment Tags: custom unions, free trade, tariffs
Tom Sargent Honorary Degree Lecture on the European monetary crisis
01 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Edward Prescott, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, income redistribution, inflation targeting, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Robert E. Lucas, unemployment Tags: monetary policy
Thomas Sargent:The 2011 Nobel Prize Winner For His Work On Relating Policy & Economics. 2017 interview
30 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, inflation targeting, job search and matching, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: monetary policy
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