Socialism vs. Capitalism: A Debate
20 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: The Great Enrichment
What Actually Happened Right After The Soviet Union Collapsed
14 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, theory of the firm, unemployment Tags: fall of communism
Cost Over-Runs in Infrastructure Projects
13 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, Public Choice, survivor principle, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics Tags: megaprojects
Harold Demsetz Conference
02 Jun 2022 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, theory of the firm
Surprise result in these #COVID19 times
18 May 2022 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle, transport economics Tags: economics of pandemics

Highest Paid Athletes in the World (1990-2021)
15 May 2022 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, sports economics Tags: superstar wages, superstars, top1%
Richard Epstein on Antitrust
15 May 2022 Leave a comment
in industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Richard Epstein Tags: competition law
David Levine | Address and Q&A on patents and copyright| Oxford Union Web Series
11 May 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: patents and copyright
Veteran lefty concedes that most fortunes are self-made
01 May 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational regulation, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

Disney’s Special Tax District in Florida, Explained | @WSJ
26 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, movies, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, television Tags: zoning
If skilled labour is being kept out of the workplace for unreasonable reasons then that’s an opportunity for someone else to gain that labour on the cheap. Which is exactly what Dame Steve Shirley did
05 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, entrepreneurship, gender, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, survivor principle Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, offsetting behaviour, sex discrimination, unintended consequences
Lutz Kilian on OPEC
28 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, energy economics, industrial organisation Tags: cartels

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