I’ve chatted with a lot of Iranians online in the past few years (they’re in Iran). Some of their takes (always subject to the “plural of anecdote is not “data”)… 1. Islam is seen by younger people as the doctrine of a failed government staffed by a bunch of crooks. 2. And it’s a foreign, […]
Claims about Iran (from the comments)
Claims about Iran (from the comments)
27 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economics of crime, economics of religion, growth disasters, law and economics Tags: Iran
Hunter Blows Away His Own Counsel’s Sobriety Defense
27 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
There is a lot of chatter this morning about the interview of Hunter Biden with Axios before his appearance in Congress for testimony on the alleged corrupt activities of his family. The interview has powerful moments as Hunter describes his struggle with addiction and the pressure that he feels to stay sober in light of […]
Hunter Blows Away His Own Counsel’s Sobriety Defense
Friends with Benefits? Telephone Records Raise New Challenge to the Willis/Wade Testimony
26 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, crime and punishment, free speech law and order, regressive left
In the movie Friends with Benefits, the character Jamie asks Dylan “why do I get the feeling this is the first real commitment you’ve ever made?” Dylan responds “It’s not. T-Mobile. Two years. And f*** do I regret that one!” The ongoing proceedings involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and lead prosecutor Nathan Wade […]
Friends with Benefits? Telephone Records Raise New Challenge to the Willis/Wade Testimony
Friends with Benefits? Telephone Records Raise New Challenge to the Willis/Wade Testimony
26 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2004 presidential election
In the movie Friends with Benefits, the character Jamie asks Dylan “why do I get the feeling this is the first real commitment you’ve ever made?” Dylan responds “It’s not. T-Mobile. Two years. And f*** do I regret that one!” The ongoing proceedings involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and lead prosecutor Nathan Wade […]
Friends with Benefits? Telephone Records Raise New Challenge to the Willis/Wade Testimony
“Nothing Succeeds Like Excess”: New York’s Perverse Incentive in Pricing Trump Out of an Appeal
25 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, financial economics, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election, regressive left
Below is my column in the New York Post on the confiscatory fines imposed on former president Donald Trump and his family and corporation. Democrats are thrilled by the over the $450 million bill facing Trump and the possibility that he could be forced to sell off property just to seek an appeal. On ABC, […]
“Nothing Succeeds Like Excess”: New York’s Perverse Incentive in Pricing Trump Out of an Appeal
Hunter Biden Goes Full Trump in a Flurry of Court Filings
24 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in Fox.com on the flurry of recent filings by Hunter Biden who appears to be channeling Donald Trump in his attacks on prosecutors, whistleblowers and the media. Here is the column:
Hunter Biden Goes Full Trump in a Flurry of Court Filings
Master and Commander: The Biden Dogs Accused of Dozens of Additional Attacks at White House
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health and safety, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election
We have been writing about alarming record of the dogs of the Bidens attacking staff and Secret Service agents through the years. At first, the story was a humorous distraction as some of us wondered if the First Family had a vicious dog. It then became more alarming as each of the dogs were found […]
Master and Commander: The Biden Dogs Accused of Dozens of Additional Attacks at White House
Bari Weiss interviews Roland Fryer
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: academic bias, crime and punishment, free speech, law and order, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
A lot of readers and heterodox colleagues have sent me this link to Bari Weiss’s interview with Harvard economics professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr., often accompanied by big encomiums. Despite my unwillingness to watch long videos, I did watch all 77 minutes of it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t mesmerized, or even much interested. There are interesting […]
Bari Weiss interviews Roland Fryer
RODNEY HIDE interviews PROF PAUL MOON
19 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, International law, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
PROF PAUL MOON: Historian and Author: On His Review of The Human Rights Commission’s ‘Maranga Mai’ Report on ‘The Doctrine of Discovery’ Paul Moon joins Rodney to discuss his review of the Human Rights Commission’s ‘Maranga Mai’ report on ‘The Doctrine of Discovery’. Listen here You can read Paul’s review on ‘The Doctrine of Discovery’…
RODNEY HIDE interviews PROF PAUL MOON
Willis Goes Full Trump . . . and May Get Away With It
17 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, crime and punishment
Below is a slightly expanded version of my column on Fox.com on the hearing in Georgia over allegations of improper conduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. In her combative testimony, Willis looked strikingly like the man she is prosecuting. Here is the column:
Willis Goes Full Trump . . . and May Get Away With It
Supreme Court Unanimously Throws Out Bridgegate Convictions — And Rejects Prior Legal Arguments Against Trump
17 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice
The Supreme Court today unanimously threw out the convictions of Bridget Kelly, a former aide to Christie, and Bill Baroni, a former Port Authority official, for their role in “Bridgegate.” The dispute involved the controversial closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge to create traffic problems for the mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., who […]
Supreme Court Unanimously Throws Out Bridgegate Convictions — And Rejects Prior Legal Arguments Against Trump
February 13, 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland. Part III
16 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, law and economics Tags: British history
Catherine remained in limbo until Parliament introduced on January 29, 1542 a Bill of Attainder, which was passed on February 7, 1542. The Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541 made it treason, and punishable by death, for a Queen Consort to fail to disclose her sexual history to the king within 20 days of their […]
February 13, 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland. Part III
Glenn Loury (and, to some extent, John McWhorter) backpedal about the death of George Floyd
15 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, law and economics, movies, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, racial discrimination
The death of George Floyd, and his presumed murder by Derek Chauvin with the complicity of several Minneapolis policemen, was an iconic moment in today’s race relations, the most important event leading to the “racial reckoning” of the last few years. In late December of last year, I posted a movie, “The Fall of Minneapolis” […]
Glenn Loury (and, to some extent, John McWhorter) backpedal about the death of George Floyd
February 13, 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland. Part II
15 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British history
Letter from Catherine Howard to Thomas Culpeper During the investigation a love letter written in the Queen’s distinctive handwriting was found in Culpeper’s chambers. This is the only letter of hers that has survived (other than her later “confession”). On All Saints’ Day, November 1, 1541, the King arranged to be found praying in the […]
February 13, 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland. Part II
February 13, 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland. Part I.
14 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British history
Catherine Howard (c. 1523 – February 13, 1542), also spelt Katheryn Howard, was Queen of England and Ireland from 1540 until 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of King Henry […]
February 13, 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland. Part I.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Recent Comments