
A warning from Martin Niemoller to the woke left
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left

The Great Fact
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, The Great Escape

Weitzman on the fragile basis of the Stern review
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: climate alarmists

Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, George Stigler, income redistribution, law and economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: offsetting behaviour, rent control, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
The Age of Enlightenment was the jewel of Western civilization
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: Age of Enlightenment

Idiot Mistakes That Changed The Course Of History
15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, international economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace
Moriori settled NZ 1st says Treaty Settlement then conquered and massacred by Maori slave traders
14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: economics of slavery, political correctness

Huge population reductions are on the cards. Thankfully, the robots are coming for the many vacant jobs
14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics Tags: ageing society

Your Most Powerful Negotiation Tool: The Illusion of Control | FBI Negotiator Chris Voss
13 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics Tags: negotiating tactics
The motherhood penalty
12 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap

Richard A. Posner, “The Embattled Corporation”
12 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Posner, survivor principle Tags: adverse selection, moral hazard
Econ Duel: Why Is the Rent So Damn High?
11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, rent control




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