
Nobel Symposium Gary Gorton Financial regulation
08 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economics of information, economics of regulation, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
The War on Police, Heather Mac Donald
06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment regressive left, law and order, police shootings, political correctness
The ‘Negativity Effect’ Leads to Bad Journalism, Big Government, and Busted Relationships
06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
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: pessimism bias
Black Americans Failed by Good Intentions: An Interview with Jason Riley
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Are CEOs overpaid?
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of information, financial economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, theory of the firm Tags: CEO pay, efficient markets hypothesis
Antidiscrimination conundrum for the Left
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: antidiscrimination laws, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unexpected consequences

Acemoglu on how democracy came to America
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of Enlightenment, economics of colonialism








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