Watch “Professor Deirdre McCloskey: How Ideas can Change the World
29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice
Jordan Peterson on why pronouns aren’t about respect and identities are socially negotiated
29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in gender, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, regressive left
#OTD Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech
28 Aug 2019 3 Comments
in discrimination, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: racial discrimination
Harold Demsetz on the risks of merging to enhance market power. Corporate reorganizations often fail.
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: competition law

Pro-lifers are lifting their lobbying game; zeroing in on processes that trouble wavering MPs and voters
28 Aug 2019 2 Comments
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: abortion law reform

Big differences in reoffending if: gang member, over 40, Maori v. Pasifika, violent or burglar @sst_nz
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand

Source: Annual report of the Department of Corrections
The triumphalism of transgender Athletes | Jordan Peterson & Joe Rogan
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in gender, law and economics Tags: economics of mental illness, political correctness
First Amendment Salon: Judge Richard Posner and Prof. Geoffrey Stone
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in law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA, Richard Posner Tags: free speech
Can Markets Corrupt Social Values? Sandel discovers that Judge Posner is a lawyer. (Death bonds are a great innovation too)
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, law and economics, property rights, Richard Posner Tags: anti-market bias
A pointless prosecution
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: marijuana decrimilization

Why gains most from stronger hate speech laws? @NZHumanRights
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Exploring Liberty: The Problem of Political Ignorance
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: rational ignorance


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