Asymmetric Information and Health Insurance
24 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, entrepreneurship, health economics Tags: adverse selection, health insurance, moral hazard
Gary Becker — The Economist’s Economist
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, Gary Becker, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, health economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking
Sam Peltzman Regulation and the wealth of nations
21 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, Sam Peltzman, transport economics
Do Trigger Warnings Really Help?
20 May 2019 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of mental illness
How effective are abortion activists at crafting arguments that win over new supporters since Roe v. Wade?
19 May 2019 Leave a comment
in health economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: abortion law reform

From https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-has-public-opinion-about-abortion-changed-since-roe-v-wade
Thomas Sowell on the Origins of Economic Disparities April 2019
19 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell
Philippines: Owning a Toilet is a Sign of Progress
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
On World Toilet Day, the focus is on gender equality, dignity and greater access to education and jobs
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
More of the Great Escape for @Oxfamnz @Greenpeace to never RT
17 May 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape

No Considerations: Doing Business in India Without Bribes (amazing story)
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics Tags: bribery and corruption, India
Why drugs cost more in America
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: health insurance
How on earth will legalising marijuana make it less accessible? If it does, why would the black market go away?
15 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand



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