Walter Williams: Up From the Projects
03 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination
Most top economists did not think much of Pikitty’s theory of inequality and growth
23 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economic growth, income redistribution, politics - USA, poverty and inequality
Public Opinion for Libertarians – Bryan Caplan (2010)
20 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, pessimism bias, rational irrationality
Surprising unanimity in opposition to a #UBI
20 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, politics - USA, poverty and inequality
Most 21st century billionaire are self-made in their own lifetime business owners
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

Stigler on Galbraith’s 1977 TV series episode on colonialism
14 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of colonialism

The Great Fact that is never celebrated by @Greenpeace @oxfam @NZGreens @JulieAnneGenter because capitalism is to blame
12 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, poverty and inequality Tags: The Great Escape

Walter E Williams – Civil Rights Assumptions
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination, Walter Williams
Thomas Sowell – The Reality Of Multiculturalism
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, labour economics, poverty and inequality, Thomas Sowell Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination
Chad Jones is a trouble maker on top tax rates @paulkrugman
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: creative destruction, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

Chad Jones’ awkward remarks on top tax rates and innovation spillovers
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

Steven Pinker on Sex Differences, Human Nature, and Identity Politics (Pt. 1)
08 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, environmental economics, gender, health economics, human capital, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: evolutionary psychology, political correctness, regressive left, Steven Pinker




Recent Comments