Wage Subsidies
14 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, welfare reform
Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism”
12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism, political correctness
Kathryn Edin on why single mums are choosy
12 Aug 2019 2 Comments
in economics of love and marriage, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, dating market, family poverty, marriage and divorce, marriage market

The Case for Colonialism with Dr. Bruce Gilley
11 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism
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


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