
George Stigler (1949) on the increasing obsession of economists with income distribution
26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, George Stigler, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: pessimism bias

Woolworth Lunch Counter civil rights sit-in
26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: racial discrimination
P.T. Bauer on Indian customs
25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of religion, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: extreme poverty, India

Tullock on juries
25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics Tags: juries

Daron Acemoglu: Labor demand through the ages
25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: automation, creative destruction
69 kg class male lifter can lift female weight plus the 69kg female weightlifter lifting the female Olympic record weight
24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in gender, law and economics, sports economics

Daron Acemoglu: Robots and Jobs
24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: automation, creative destruction
Was @BernieSanders the last useful idiot to make a pilgrimage to the USSR?
22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, health economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election, fall of communism, useful idiots
Is It Unfair to Pay CEOs Billions? Q&A with Prof. Howie Baetjer
22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, poverty and inequality Tags: CEO pay, envy, superstars
Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality
22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: law and order, moral psychology
Criminals released after DNA testing started are 17% less likely to reoffend! @sst_nz (A greater chance of getting caught is instant rehabilitation)
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order





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