Why boxing headguards may be making the sport more dangerous
14 Sep 2017 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, occupational choice, sports economics Tags: offsetting behaviour
Is ethical investing a dud? @NZSuperFund @JordNZ @EricCrampton @GreenpeaceNZ
17 Aug 2017 1 Comment
in defence economics, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, politics - New Zealand
Imagine how much more would be available for funding old age pensioners, schools, hospitals and kidney machines if you have a passively invested portfolio rather than an ethically invested portfolio. Virtue signalling is not free. Ethical investing significantly underperforms the market even if done by the best of the passive investing funds such as Vanguard.

The role of government in medical innovation
24 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, entrepreneurship, health economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, medical innovation
Top 10 Tallest People Still Alive
29 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics
Sad & Disappointing Facts About Bottled Water
29 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of information, environmental economics, health economics Tags: food snobs
Is Organic Food Worth the Cost?
27 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: food snobs, organic food




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