
Adam Smith and religion
21 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economics of education, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: moral hazard, signaling

JPE 1988
Gordon Tullock on an accidental economic miracle
20 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, Gordon Tullock, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, Marxist economics, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: South Korea, The Great Escape

Batting blind on unconscious bias! @NZHumanRights relies on newspapers, blogs and YouTube clips!!
20 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination

The dead will be many from #COVID19’s 40% cut in new medical staff
19 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration, economics of pandemics, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Crime, Violence, and Progress With Steven Pinker (Ep.9)
18 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, growth miracles, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, pessimism bias, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The Great Enrichment
Thomas Sowell – Wealth Disparity
14 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, entrepreneurship, gender, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, property rights, survivor principle, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, pessimism bias
Every billionaire is a failure says @AOC
31 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of love and marriage, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: envy, regressive left, top 1%

Debunking Systemic Racism & Having Common Decency (Pt. 2) | Thomas Sowell
21 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, defence economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Richard Posner (1997) on critical race theory
17 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Posner Tags: Age of Enlightenment, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left

Wealth taxes debate
17 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, wealth taxes



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