
Alfred Marshall was an astute observer of the labour market using asset specificity and hold-ups
25 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, labour supply, unions
Alfred Marshall on worker’s bargaining power and the union wage premium
10 Sep 2019 1 Comment
in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, unions
Thomas Sowell – Race and Economics
07 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination
The Nobel Lecture: Equilibrium in the Labour Market with Search Frictions
14 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in business cycles, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: job search, labour market search, search and matching
When a Spaniard moved to backward Minnesota
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, unions Tags: employment law, employment protection laws, employment regulation

Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
26 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, unions, welfare reform
Margaret Thatcher’s economic legacy | The Economist
02 May 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, unemployment, unions Tags: British politics, Margaret Thatcher
John Stossel – Politically Correct History
23 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, labour economics, law and economics, unions, war and peace Tags: political psychology, union power, union wage premium, World War I




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