
Daron Acemoglu discusses “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty”
06 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: age of empires, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism, imperialism
Sweatshops Are a Dream when your children live in a Dante-like vision of hell
05 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply Tags: Cambodia, child labour, extreme poverty, The fatal conceit

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html
The predictable consequence of unleashing do-gooders in least developed countries
04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bribery and corruption, do gooders, Labour standards, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html
Interesting referendum
04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: conscription, Switzerland

Piketty’s best work was on the emergence of a working rich
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: superstars, top 1%

How is this automation different from being a clicktivist for a living wage?
01 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: automation

Richard Epstein on discrimination in the marketplace
31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of information, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Richard Epstein, survivor principle Tags: market selection, racial discrimination, sex discrimination

George Stigler on workers of the world uniting and voting with their feet
31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

Rethinking Race In America | Loury & McWhorter
30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, racial discrimination
To Help Women, Should We Boycott Women’s Soccer?
30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, sports economics, television Tags: gender wage gap, The fatal conceit
Nosey parkers prefer their privacy @NZPrivacy @NZHumanRights
29 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of information, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: economics of privacy, gender wage gap, monospony




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