
Stigler explains how intellectuals and consultants ply their policy trade honestly
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, George Stigler, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: consultants, job sorting, public intellectuals

Zebra vs Horses: Animal Domestication
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in industrial organisation Tags: agricultural economics, domestication, evolution
Market research explained
27 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, economics of advertising, entrepreneurial alertness, market research

Monopolistic demons of recent yesteryear slayed by the Guardian
26 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: competition law, creative destruction

Stigler on one of the two political advising roles of economists
26 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, George Stigler, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: deregulation, special interests

Paul Samuelson (1963) on oil cartel stability and cheating
23 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: cartel theory, OPEC

The Economics of Tipping | by Kenneth A. Zahringer
12 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, labour economics, personnel economics Tags: economics of tipping
Creative destruction in music sales
11 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Music, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction

Trade wars, explained
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, international economic law, labour economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: protectionism, strategic trade theory
A Conversation with Gary Becker: The Future of US Economic Policy
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, Gary Becker, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA




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