
The wages of sin #OTD The Vice Fund #COVID19
28 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of regulation, financial economics, health economics, rentseeking
Indian reservations are pockets of poverty
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of education, economics of regulation, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: racial discrimination

Does cutting interest rates further matter?
12 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, financial economics, fiscal policy, job search and matching, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, unemployment
The wages of sin: the Vice Fund, S&P 500 and #COVID19
09 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of religion, financial 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.
Global Pricing of Pharmaceutical Products: Richard Epstein on the Ethics of Global Health
04 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: drug pricing, patents and copyright
#COVID19 and the wages of sin; how is the Vice Fund going?
03 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of regulation, 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.
Edward Prescott on the Great Recession
31 May 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, Edward Prescott, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycle theory

Unpleasant arithmetic hyperinflation – Tom Sargent is lecturing via YouTube
31 May 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, economic history, financial economics, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: hyperinflation, monetary policy








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