A perspective on the overweening conceit of youth
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, behavioural economics, economics of crime, economics of education, labour economics, law and economics Tags: child development, cognitive psychology, economics of personality traits, political psychology
Scientific Misbehavior in Economics and Publish or Perish
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: academic fraud, promotion tournaments, rate races
Gun related homicides compared
09 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, gun control
Gun related homicides http://t.co/BUZ4XIwTWY—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 12, 2015
Legal systems and property rights in Greece and Russia – Index of Economic Freedom rankings compared
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights Tags: capitalism and freedom, Greece, rule of law, Russia
Figure 1: Index of Economic Freedom rankings for legal systems and property rights, Greece, Russia and USA, 2012
Source: Economic Freedom of the World – Annual Report 2014 | www.freetheworld.com.
Overall, there are not that many differences between Greece and Russia in the quality of their legal systems and property rights. Don’t go to the police in Russia and good luck trying to enforce contracts in Greece.
Where Cannabis is legal
03 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, medical marijuana decriminalisation, nanny state
Map of where Cannabis is legal (2014)
From: bit.ly/1uZ2uvq http://t.co/e0W7fJ8FZC—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 30, 2015
Motives for hate crimes in the USA
02 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: hate crimes, mass shootings
Updated: What we know about the shooting at a Charleston church that left nine dead wapo.st/church-shootin… http://t.co/88gPuzGYcC—
Post Graphics (@PostGraphics) June 19, 2015
1st 999 number introduced today 1937
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, law and economics Tags: British economy, crime and punishment, London
999 – World's first emergency telephone number – was introduced in London #OnThisDay 30 June 1937 #emergencyservices http://t.co/I4gbrwJ2Vp—
BT Archives (@BTArchives) June 30, 2014
Kids Create Cafeteria Black Market To Bypass Food Nannies
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle Tags: black markets, economics of prohibition, entrepreneurial alertness, food, nanny state, police, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Greece (61st) is ranked one above the Russia in the World Bank’s Doing Business Survey 2015
29 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: cost of doing business, Euroland, Greece, Russia, sovereign defaults, transitional economies, World Bank
Figure 1: Greek and Russian Doing Business sub-rankings, 2015
Source: World Bank Doing Business 2015.
As long as you’re not in a construction or export business, and don’t mind waiting for your electricity, it’s better to do business in Russia than in Greece! The main difference between Russia and Greece is its membership of the European Union makes it easy to export?
In Russia, it’s easier to start a business, register property and enforce contracts than it is in Greece!
How many congressmen are convicted of crimes?
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: official corruption, political corruption
How drugs move all around the world.
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, industrial organisation Tags: black markets, drug trade, economics of prohibition, maps
These three maps show how drugs move all around the world. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @sangwonyoon http://t.co/wIjUBEXyt7—
Bloomberg Markets (@markets) June 26, 2015
HL Mencken on the Harmful Digital Communication Bill
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, law and economics, liberalism, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: chilling effect, disorderly conduct, free speech, infotopia, Internet trolls, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
What Percentage of Your Country Smokes Marijuana?
25 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
What Percentage of Your Country Smokes Marijuana?
priceonomics.com/what-percentag… http://t.co/t5ybdqNv4X—
Priceonomics (@priceonomics) April 21, 2015
Should it be illegal for workers to accept a sub-minimum wage job?
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, minimum wage Tags: Coase theorem, minimum wage
@Luke1732Mullen @ritholtz @TBPInvictus @futurepundit @workingwa @CafeHayek http://t.co/n3l26QPPd4—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 24, 2015
Gun-free zones an easy target for killers | John Lott
19 Jun 2015 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: game theory, gun control, John Lott, mass public shootings, offsetting behaviour, read killers, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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