Why innovation is getting harder

29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags:

Watch “Professor Deirdre McCloskey: How Ideas can Change the World

29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice

Gordon Tullock on voting with your feet

28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Harold Demsetz on the risks of merging to enhance market power. Corporate reorganizations often fail.

28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags:

Socialism, Capitalism, and Millennials

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Gordon Tullock, growth disasters, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: , ,

Robert Lucas and Paco Buera | Idea Flows and Economic Growth

27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economics of education, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Robert E. Lucas Tags:

Gordon Tullock on the purpose of government

26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Lee Ohanian on crisis management

26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice

17 of the 100 biggest grossing films were filmed in Georgia in 2016

25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, fiscal policy, industrial organisation, movies, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags:

Posner and Epstein Debate the Patent System 2012

25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, entrepreneurship, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, Richard Epstein, Richard Posner, survivor principle Tags:

Daron Acemoglu: Labor demand through the ages

25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: ,

The Chinese and Russian transitions explained

24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

Daron Acemoglu: Robots and Jobs

24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: ,

My @NZHerald op-ed on petrol prices and competition

23 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice

Paywalled at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12260923

Was @BernieSanders the last useful idiot to make a pilgrimage to the USSR?

22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, health economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: , ,

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