Walter E. Williams: Government, The Market, and Minorities

16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, health economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, privatisation, survivor principle, unemployment, welfare reform Tags:

“Good Intentions” with Walter E. Williams

15 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: , , , , ,

The vision of the anointed — with Thomas Sowell (1995) | THINK TANK @AEI

11 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

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Escaping poverty

09 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, gender, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: , ,

POVERTY – Who’s to Blame? – The 2019 Hayek Memorial Lecture – Professor Bryan Caplan

08 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: , , ,

David Friedman interview

24 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

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Sowell on virtue signaling

07 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

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Sargent on unemployment and welfare states

04 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment, welfare reform

From https://www.ubs.com/microsites/nobel-perspectives/en/laureates/thomas-sargent.html

The off the book incomes of beneficiaries – from Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage by Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein

28 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: , , ,

Why the spike? Can’t get time off work for interview at WINZ office for the 12-month unemployment benefit reassessment?

25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, welfare reform

From https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/information-releases/weag-report-release/obligations-and-sanctions-rapid-evidence-review-paper-5-the-52-week-reapplication-for-sole-parent-support-and-benefit-cancellations.pdf

Robert Doar on poverty in America

12 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

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The racism of woke anti-racists

06 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

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Multiculturalism and the woke left explained

17 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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The case for help but hassle welfare reform

16 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Thomas Sowell – Race and Economics

07 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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