
Does real business cycle theory ignore depressions?
10 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics, public economics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: real business cycle theory

Paola Sapienza – Does culture affect economic outcomes?
10 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, human capital, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration
Steve Kaplan Discusses CEO Pay
08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: CEO pay, efficient markets hypothesis
Prescott on real business cycle theory ignoring depressions
08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycle theory

Inequality in America: Taxes and the Ultra-Rich | Emmanuel Saez | Steven Kaplan | Luigi Zingales
08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: capital gains tax, envy, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, top 1%
Only 2 general purpose technologies in the 20th century?
07 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, energy economics, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, general purpose technologies

The ‘Negativity Effect’ Leads to Bad Journalism, Big Government, and Busted Relationships
06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, gender, health and safety, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: pessimism bias
Black Americans Failed by Good Intentions: An Interview with Jason Riley
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Are CEOs overpaid?
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of information, financial economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, theory of the firm Tags: CEO pay, efficient markets hypothesis
Antidiscrimination conundrum for the Left
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: antidiscrimination laws, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unexpected consequences






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