Contra Ben Bernanke It’s A Wonderful Life bank run due to absent-minded Uncle Billy’s embezzlement @NZTreasury @reservebankNZ

14 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of crime, industrial organisation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, movies, survivor principle Tags:

Champ and Freeman on what banks also do

14 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Commuters drag @ExtinctionRebellion protesters off Tube trains

12 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics Tags: , ,

Steven Pinker on the wisdom of Richard Pryor @sst_nz @JustSpeaksNZ @NZJusticeIdeas

11 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice Tags:

A 10% rise in benefits induces a 3% to 4% increase in the time injured workers take to return to work

10 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of crime, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply

From https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1184&context=faculty-publications

Kimberly Nixon vs Vancouver Rape Relief Society

10 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: , ,

From https://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/learn/resources/chronology-events-kimberly-nixon-vs-vancouver-rape-relief-society

Alan Dershowitz | The Ben Shapiro Show

09 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags:

Steve Kaplan Discusses CEO Pay

08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: ,

The crass hypocrisy of the woke left

08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of religion, gender, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: , , , ,

The War on Police, Heather Mac Donald

06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: , , ,

The ‘Negativity Effect’ Leads to Bad Journalism, Big Government, and Busted Relationships

06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, gender, health and safety, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags:

Parenting matters @sst_nz @nzfamilyfirst

05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Even more bond market fraud by climate alarmists @Greens @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @Greenpeaceusa

02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags:

Surprisingly few for drug possession

02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand

More bond market fraud by green politicians

01 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA

From http://www.g-a-i.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Green-Fog-Climate-Change-Report-GAI-Investigation.pdf?mod=article_inline and see too https://www.wsj.com/articles/lukewarm-bond-yields-belie-mayors-climate-alarm-11572303011

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