Genetic diversity and economic development
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in development economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, property rights Tags: endogenous growth theory, evolutionary psychology
Behind on my vaccine blogging
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in health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, The Great Escape, vaccines
Jamie Whyte comments on lifestyle regulations at The Health of the State debate
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in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
How Vaping ‘Might Just Save Your Life!’
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in economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
Another year of gender gaps
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, health and safety, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
New Year surprise for @AOC @SenSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @OxfamNZ @GreenpeaceAP
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
Woke @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @Amnesty @GreenpeaceAP
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, health economics, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, World War II
People in this degree of distress should make any big decisions because their minds aren’t in a good place
22 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health economics, law and economics Tags: economics of mental illness
#climateemergency @AOC @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn @SenWarren @Greenpeace @oxfamnz @Greens @NZGreens @AmnestyNZ
20 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, gender, global warming, growth miracles, health economics, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: The Great Enrichment
What Hygiene Was Like During the Industrial Revolution
19 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, health economics
Must-Watch Video From Reason TV on How Free Markets – not Obamacare – Can Solve the Healthcare Mess
16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: health insurance
When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system.
For all intents and purposes, they think the United States relies on the free market and that government (at least in the pre-Obamacare era) was largely absent.
When explaining how government has screwed up private health insurance, I talk about third-party payer and how genuinely private insurance works for home ownership and automobiles. And I cite examples of genuine free markets for cosmetic surgery and even (regardless of your views) abortion.
But from now on, I think I will simply tell people to watch this superb video…
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