Did France and Britain Almost Unite into the Franco-British Union?
09 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: World War II
Angus Deaton’s The Great Escape channels P.T. Bauer
07 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, P.T. Bauer, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ODA, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, unintended consequences

WOKE Utopia
06 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, regressive left
06 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: American Civil War, political correctness, regressive left

Cancel culture’s worst nightmare
05 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, pessimism bias, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left

Seattle Mayor Defends CHOP; They Show Up At Her House
03 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2020 presidential election, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, regressive left
Bryan Caplan – Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids – 2010 Forsyth Lecture
02 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of love and marriage, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality Tags: behavioral genetics
Discretionary trusts with few beneficiaries should add a @NZGreen MP as a discretionary beneficiary so they must pay a wealth tax on their trust wealth. 325,000 trusts own houses in NZ
30 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, public economics Tags: envy, regressive left, wealth tax

#DefundThePolice @AOC @BernieSanders
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, American Civil War, political correctness, regressive left

Assimilation and aborginal prosperity
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: Canada, racial discrimination

More on reservations as backwaters
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Canada, racial discrimination

Indian reservations are pockets of poverty
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of education, economics of regulation, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: racial discrimination

Forensics Expert Explains How to Determine Bullet Trajectory | @WIRED
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, movies, television
Fair Argument Against “Systemic Racism”
26 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination, regressive left
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