Why did so many countries get involved in the Boxer Rebellion?
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in defence economics, development economics, economic history, international economics, International law, war and peace Tags: China
Why did Japan ban everyone except for the Dutch?
30 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, international economic law, international economics, International law Tags: Japan
Reflections on Japan
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in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: Japan

Simon and I had a fantastic journey through Japan, or at least the east coast of Honshu. We started in Tokyo, then took bullet trains to Hiroshima, Himeji, Kyoto, and Mount Fuji before heading home. 1,504 more words
Reflections on Japan
The scourge of lower prices
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, international economics Tags: preferential trade agreements

The Sanction-Fueled Destruction of the Russian Aviation Industry
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in defence economics, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, property rights, transport economics Tags: Russia, Ukraine
How the West Can Exploit Russia’s “Dutch Disease” and End the War in Ukraine
24 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in defence economics, energy economics, international economics, war and peace Tags: nuclear power, Oil prices, Ukraine
I Annoyed a mercantilist
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics Tags: free trade, free trade agreements, tariffs

Beware of fish-hooks in free trade deals
05 Jul 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, income redistribution, international economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: customs unions, tariffs, trade diversion, trade negotiations
Milton Friedman – Imports, Exports & Exchange Rates
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in international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Milton Friedman Tags: free trade
Adrian Orr on inflation drivers when the exchange rate is floating
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in financial economics, inflation targeting, international economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
Churchill was ahead of his time
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, defence economics, economic history, history of economic thought, income redistribution, international economics Tags: free trade, racial discrimination

From Freeman and Champ
27 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
in international economics, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: fixed exchange rates, floating exchange rates


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