The hilarious freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs | Steven Levitt
09 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, financial economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: war on drugs
Thomas Sowell on the Origins of Economic Disparities
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Thomas Sowell Tags: racial discrimination
Let’s double everyone’s wage. What could go wrong?
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, survivor principle, unemployment Tags: The fatal conceit

Down and out in America
05 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty, The Great Enrichment

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

@Bryan_Caplan at his absolute best
31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: Denmark, Sweden, The fatal conceit
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
George Stigler on the working class voting with thier feet
26 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, George Stigler, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration, The Great Enrichment

Richard Epstein’s preferred Human Rights Act
25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of information, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Richard Epstein Tags: British politics, racial discrimination, sex discrimination

Thomas Sowell Slams the Equality Myth
25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, labour economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: The fatal conceit

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