Wealth taxes debate
17 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, wealth taxes
Jason Brennan and Larry Temkin on Capitalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
12 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Joseph Schumpeter, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, survivor principle, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: capitalism and freedom
Bryan Caplan on Marxism, Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism
12 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
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NHS comes top with only one black mark
06 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, health economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British politics, health insurance, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Zombie firms and the #COVID19 reallocation shock policy response: Barrero, Bloom and Davis 25 June
02 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, public economics, unemployment
From “COVID-19 Is Also A Reallocation Shock” with Jose Maria Barrero and Nick Bloom, 5 May 2020. Updated and expanded on 25 June 2020. Prepared for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Slides | CNBC Interview | Chicago Booth Review | Free Exchange (The Economist) | Brookings | Webinar
#COVID19 Is A Reallocation Shock: Barrero, Bloom and Davis 25 June
29 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, macroeconomics
From “COVID-19 Is Also A Reallocation Shock” with Jose Maria Barrero and Nick Bloom, 5 May 2020. Updated and expanded on 25 June 2020. Prepared for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Slides | CNBC Interview | Chicago Booth Review | Free Exchange (The Economist) | Brookings | Webinar
More on reservations as backwaters
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Canada, racial discrimination
Indian reservations are pockets of poverty
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of education, economics of regulation, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: racial discrimination
The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable: A Tale of Extraordinary Perseverance
26 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, international economics, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction
Good summary
25 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
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Hayek and Pandemic Response with Professor Mark Pennington
23 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, F.A. Hayek, health economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, personnel economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
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Lockdowns Hit Minority Businesses
15 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, health economics, industrial organisation, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: economics of pandemics
Steve Davis on #COVID19 as a reallocation shock
11 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of information, health economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: creative destruction, economics of pandemics
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