Thomas Sowell – How to Cure Marxism
18 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, labour economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell, unemployment Tags: The fatal conceit
How many more Big Macs can $22 per hour Danes buy compared to $9 per hour Americans?
14 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, poverty and inequality Tags: Europe
Myth of the Rational Voter
02 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, election campaigns, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, Marxist economics, minimum wage, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, population economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, resource economics, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, pessimism bias, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, regressive left
A fair summary by Dube; note repeated reference to modest increases. This can be offset by diluting service quality and staffing levels and hours such as in old age care studies
23 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, minimum wage Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

.@Fightfor15 @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
12 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, minimum wage, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Meanwhile, Waring spent her career as a windbag
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, gender, health and safety, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: household production, real business cycles, The Great Enrichment
Sample selection bias and @Fightfor15 @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
26 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: data mining, sample selection bias

Glenn Loury & David Neumark [The Glenn Show] Minimum wage
17 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences







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