Pirates & the Theory of the Firm – Intro to Political Economy, Lecture17 Mike Munger
10 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of crime, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: asymmetric information, moral hazard, transaction costs
Nordhous cancels the class war @Ocasio2018 @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn @oxfamnz
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, industrial organisation, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

Why women’s pockets suck: @voxdotcom @thegoods spot persistent, known but untapped profit opportunity in supplying unflattering pants to women?
06 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
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Robert Lucas wrote a 1978 paper predicting less self-employment because of rising wages
29 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
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More for light rail enthusiasts @PhilTwyford @JulieAnneGenter @TaxpayersUnion
28 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

Milton Friedman – A Conversation On Safety Regulations
27 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, environmental economics, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, Milton Friedman, survivor principle Tags: Product safety, road safety
Gabrielle Sanchez on product differention and quality assurance in people smuggling
26 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of crime, economics of information, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: asymmetric information, economics of immigration

Watching History of the Automobile: no cosy Detroit oligopoly – cutthroat competition over price, radically better new models; rollercoaster of massive profits then ruinous losses
25 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: competition law, creative destruction

Yale Brozen at http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1159
Attention light rail enthusiasts @PhilTwyford @JulieAnneGenter @TaxpayersUnion
20 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

Antitrust economists still worry about a lack of new entry into oligopolistic industry that rarely makes a proft
15 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: competition law, pretence to knowledge






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