NewstalkZB report: Santa and his elves must wear seatbelts for Christchurch’s Christmas parade following new health and safety advice – a move labelled by some city councillors as “woke nonsense” and “over the top”. Christchurch’s Christmas Show Parade director Jason Reekers said an audit of the parade’s floats recommended installing seatbelts on some of them. …
Seatbelts for a 5 km/hr Santa parade
Seatbelts for a 5 km/hr Santa parade
01 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: nanny state, road safety
German Fire Station Razed by EV Fire Truck Fire
29 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health and safety, labour economics Tags: electric cars
Commentary from Anthony Watts and Friends: Our second climate news item is from a wonderfully titled media outlet called motor biscuit: Electric truck fire burns down brand new German fire station. The fire station in Stadtallendorf is really new, in fact they opened its bay doors less than one year ago to accommodate 10 fire […]
German Fire Station Razed by EV Fire Truck Fire
‘Why did our parked electric car burst into flames?’
27 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health and safety Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood A mother said her family was “lucky to have got out safely” after their parked electric car exploded and engulfed their house in flames. Georgina Bayliss from Spratton, Northamptonshire, said their Mercedes EQA had been parked outside their house for several hours before the explosion. She said her younger son […]
‘Why did our parked electric car burst into flames?’
Aus Deputy PM Chief of Staff resigns due to bullying
19 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, unions
News.com.au reports: Richard Marles’ chief of staff says she is “being bullied out” of her dream job after reporting misbehaviour directly to the Deputy Prime Minister. In a press conference on Thursday morning, Jo Tarnawsky said she “loved” her job working for Mr Marles, whom she had known for “more than 10 years”. But she […]
Aus Deputy PM Chief of Staff resigns due to bullying
Debunking Hate-and-Envy Tax Policy
27 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, health and safety, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: envy, regressive left, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment
On tax policy, our friends on the left are motivated by envy and hatred. As shown in this Stossel video, Robert Reich is a sad example of this mindset. John Stossel understates his argument. It’s not that Reich is wrong. He’s wildly wrong. There are four points in the video that deserve attention. It is […]
Debunking Hate-and-Envy Tax Policy
The Santa Claus Election
15 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, health and safety, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, unions Tags: 2024 presidential election, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
For libertarians, this is a very depressing election (a feeling we tend to have every four years, so a familiar experience). What basically happens is that two politicians try to bribe us with our own money. This year, we have Kamala Harris, who was even worse than Bernie Sanders in the big-spender contest. And we […]
The Santa Claus Election
Health and Safety laws
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand
Peter Dunne writes – In 2016 New Zealand instituted comprehensive new health and safety laws for workplaces and other areas of activity. The expectation was that the new regime the legislation introduced would dramatically improve the culture and practice around safety in the workplace, reduce the numbers of accidents and save lives. However, the most […]
Health and Safety laws
The Patriarchy Must Be Smashed
26 May 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
And it looks like it’s well on the way to being so, given these interesting stats out of the USA. I’d love to know how New Zealand compares in many of these categories One more generation should see large numbers of these well-educated female graduates rising to high levels of private and public sector power. […]
The Patriarchy Must Be Smashed
Stopping people dying on the job – Brooke van Velden on workplace safety…
07 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - New Zealand
Unfettered: Fishback 25 Years Later
04 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment, unions Tags: racial discrimination
A quarter century ago, economist Price Fishback published “Operations of ‘Unfettered’ Labor Markets: Exit and Voice in American Labor Markets at the Turn of the Century” 1,762 more words
Unfettered: Fishback 25 Years Later
The crews bracing themselves for a rise in electric car fires
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health and safety, labour economics, law and economics, property rights Tags: electric cars
Firefighter: “Our preferred approach is to let them burn themselves out”. EV fires ‘create a variety of toxic chemicals’. They ‘have to be “quarantined” away from other vehicles even after the fire appears to have been put out’, in case they re-ignite days or even 2-3 weeks later. Other types of car are still available, […]
The crews bracing themselves for a rise in electric car fires
Another gender gap
11 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender gap
Master and Commander: The Biden Dogs Accused of Dozens of Additional Attacks at White House
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health and safety, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election
We have been writing about alarming record of the dogs of the Bidens attacking staff and Secret Service agents through the years. At first, the story was a humorous distraction as some of us wondered if the First Family had a vicious dog. It then became more alarming as each of the dogs were found […]
Master and Commander: The Biden Dogs Accused of Dozens of Additional Attacks at White House
Darwin award
16 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: Darwin awards, gender wage gap
Alice Evans on the ideological gender divide
13 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, gender wage gap, sex discrimination
I suggest, Men and women tend to think alike in societies where there is Close-knit interdependence, religosity and authoritarianism, or Shared cultural production and mixed gendered offline socialising. Gendered ideological polarisation appears encouraged by: Feminised public culture Economic resentment Social media filter bubbles Cultural entrepreneurs. Here is the full piece, currently the best piece on […]
Alice Evans on the ideological gender divide
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