
Why are socialists so often in error about facts that strike at the core of their opposition to capitalism?
19 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment

An underdiscussed example of the Dunning-Kruger effect
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics

Steve Landsburg on the efficiency wage as a theory of involuntary unemployment
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, unemployment Tags: efficiency wage

Unions and do-gooders claim the credit for ending child labour
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: child labour, economics of advertising, The Great Enrichment

Note for @Ocasio2018 @SenSanders on everyone is getting poorer and poorer, working two jobs
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: pessimism bias

Lesser known Swedish gender gaps
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, Sweden

Wise words from Paul Samuelson (and Joan Robinson) for @Ocasio2018 @jeremycorbyn @SenSanders
17 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality Tags: Paul Samuelson

Why incompetent people think they’re amazing – David Dunning
16 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture, health economics, human capital Tags: cognitive psychology
Note for @Ocasio2018 @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn
16 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics Tags: labour theory of value

Central planning on steroids
13 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice Tags: China, economics of central planning, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge






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