Thatcher’s Last Stand Against Socialism
07 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice Tags: The Great Enrichment
Milton Friedman on Regulations and Consumers
03 Nov 2020 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
Deirdre McCloskey and Alberto Mingardi: The Myth of the Entrepreneurial State
03 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: industry policy, picking winners
Still more on economists ignoring home production @waring_marilyn @women_nz
01 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice Tags: female labour supply, marriage and divorce
Searching for Answers with Randomized Experiments
31 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, econometerics, history of economic thought Tags: philosophy of science
Markets, Firms and Property Rights – Ronald Coase
29 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm
The Four Horsemen of the Economic Revolution
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, Edward Prescott, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: real business cycles
Robert E. Lucas: The Wealth of Nations in the 21st Century
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, property rights, Robert E. Lucas Tags: The Great Enrichment
Lost on the woke
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, history of economic thought, Karl Popper, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left
Richard A. Posner, “The Embattled Corporation”
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, financial economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, Richard Posner, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: corporate law
Sowell on reparations
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell Tags: American Civil War, political correctness, regressive left
Anti-science @Greenpeace @NZGreens @Greens @AOC @BernieSanders
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, financial economics, global warming, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, offsetting behaviour, philosophy of science, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences, useful idiots
Richard Posner 2008 interview on antitrust law
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, Richard Posner, theory of the firm Tags: competition law
Professor Robert E. Lucas Jr.,
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, property rights, Robert E. Lucas Tags: industrial revolution
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