Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in applied price theory, budget deficits, economic growth, economic history, fisheries economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: free trade, tarrifs
Donald Trump, who describes himself as “Tariff Man,” recently wrote a column in defense of his protectionist trade policy for the Wall Street Journal. After reading the column, my first thought was that Trump was trying to show he is more economically illiterate than Joe Biden (a big challenge, as seen here and here). And […]
Debunking Trump’s Error-Filled WSJ Column
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in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, fisheries economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham Heat pumps were supposed to coming down in price, we were told. Instead the opposite has occurred. The Telegraph report: “The cost of fitting a heat pump has risen by a third in six years despite generous government grants – leading critics to accuse installers […]
The Eyewatering Cost Of Heat Pumps
12 Sep 2024 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, fisheries economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, resource economics Tags: nuisance suits
Notably, oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico is less carbon-intensive than oil produced elsewhere; one May 2023 analysis commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) found that oil extracted offshore in the Gulf of Mexico is 46% less carbon-intensive than the global average excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s How One Biden-Appointed Judge’s Ruling Could Bring Drilling in Gulf of Mexico to A Halt
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in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, defence economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of information, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, fisheries economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, inflation targeting, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice, public economics, unemployment
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in budget deficits, business cycles, economic history, fisheries economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: Keynesian macroeconomics, monetary policy
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, fisheries economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: real business cycles
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, entrepreneurship, F.A. Hayek, fisheries economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice, survivor principle, theory of the firm
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in economics of regulation, environmental economics, fisheries economics, health economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: anti-GMOs movement, anti-intellectualism, Anti-Science left, regressive left
12 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, Edward Prescott, fiscal policy, fisheries economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycles
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in economic growth, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fisheries economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, top 1%
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in applied price theory, business cycles, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, fisheries economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: adverse selection, asymmetric information, bank runs, banking crises, banking panics, lender of last resort, monetary policy, screening
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