Spreading Christianity was seen by the colonial powers as a way of civilising the native populations in Africa. Indeed, in 1857 David Livingstone wrote that “neither civilization nor Christianity can be promoted alone. In fact, they are inseparable” (see here). Among the many effects of colonisation, the spread of Christianity is seen as one of…
Christian missions and HIV in Africa
Christian missions and HIV in Africa
05 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: AIDS, economics of colonialism
The Great Fact
01 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Enrichment
30 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: child mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
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The Great Enrichment
28 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, life expectancies, The Great Escape
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Canadian Medical Schools Asked to Shift From “Medical Expertise” to Anti-Racism and Social Justice Training
14 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, health economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
There is a major controversy brewing in Canada over a proposal in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons that schools shift from emphasizing “medical expertise” in favor of teaching “anti-racism” and social justice values.
Canadian Medical Schools Asked to Shift From “Medical Expertise” to Anti-Racism and Social Justice Training
Another Great Moment in Government-Run Healthcare
10 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: Canada, health insurance
Because of misguided government policies, health care in America is expensive and inefficient. But it’s always possible to have a system that is even worse. I have often cited the United Kingdom, which has genuine socialism (government employs the doctors and runs the hospitals). However, as part of an ongoing series about “great moments in […]
Another Great Moment in Government-Run Healthcare
The end of the Zero-Covid policy?
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
Nothing comforts people so much as knowing they’re part of the same crowd. It’s a tribal thing rooted in our two million years of brain evolution. You can see this even more clearly when one person is left stranded as the crowd moves on. Surprised, shocked, ill-at-ease, and wondering if she should follow the crowd […]
The end of the Zero-Covid policy?
ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Winston Peters has a point about media bias
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics
Winston Peters has suggested that mainstream media were “bribed” by the previous Labour government. Members of the media are outraged. Peters, true to form, is being provocative. I don’t think Peters’ strident tone helps. If Peters wants to get through, then a more diplomatic approach may be better. Aggressiveness merely gets people’s backs up and…
ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Winston Peters has a point about media bias
Covid-19 – Vaccines and Vaccine Mandates
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
The logic of vaccines had always been very clear. If you were vaccinated you didn’t need to be concerned about unvaccinated people. The disease was their problem. C-19 inverted that logic. Halcyon days were it not for the permanent memory of the Interwebby. From a purely technical point-of-view I was quite interested in the race […]
Covid-19 – Vaccines and Vaccine Mandates
Thousands of Students at Warwick Uni “Forced to Go Vegan”
29 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics, Marxist economics Tags: vegetarianism
By Paul Homewood h/t Willie Soon. Maybe the vast majority of sensible students will finally wake up to the idiot fringe, who are making them all look idiots. I would suggest a Bacon Sandwichathon, where they all bring bacon sandwiches into the canteen, and eat them in front of the sad little […]
Thousands of Students at Warwick Uni “Forced to Go Vegan”
David Seymour: Treaty principles, Pharmac, and being minister for regula…
26 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, public economics
Once again, Scientific American screws up an article claiming that the binary definition of sex is harmful and limiting
06 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
Scientific American just can’t help itself; it has to keep pounding away at the biological definition of sex, which is based on differential gamete size. Just the other day they published a full article in the “evolution” category, arguing that women hunted just as much as men in ancient times (and in hunter/gatherer societies today), […]
Once again, Scientific American screws up an article claiming that the binary definition of sex is harmful and limiting
The Limited Effects of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
04 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, health economics Tags: nanny state, sugar taxes
Here’s the case for imposing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages: 1) Obesity is a major public health problem, through its effects on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, certain cancers, and mental health; 2) Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is an outsized contributor to obesity; 3) Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages will raise the cost that consumers pay, and thus…
The Limited Effects of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
Walter Block on Sexual Discrimination & the Pay Gap(Uncut)
02 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, gender, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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