In 2021 the then Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP cited the principle of legality as an example of an aspect of public law that might ‘take on a life of [its] own, and lead to the courts overreaching.’ In the simplest terms, the principle of legality is a common law rule of statutory interpretation […]
Hayley Hooper: Historical Origins of the ‘Principle of Legality’ in British Public Law
Hayley Hooper: Historical Origins of the ‘Principle of Legality’ in British Public Law
30 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British constitutional law
Want to Defeat Joe Biden? Look to the 1800 Election and Make Free Speech the Key Issue in 2024
28 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Below is my column in USA Today on why the opponents of President Joe Biden should make free speech the focus of this election. With the Supreme Court taking an off ramp in Murthy v. Missouri on Internet censorship, the free speech community is left, for now, with the political process to protect free speech. […]
Want to Defeat Joe Biden? Look to the 1800 Election and Make Free Speech the Key Issue in 2024
The Age of Rage: America’s Anti-Free Speech Movement Will Force Us (Again) To Choose Between Our Rights and Our Rage
27 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Below is my column on Fox.com on my book and how our current “age of rage” may be the most dangerous for free speech, but it is not our first such period in history. Indeed, the current debate is returning this nation to the very debate that erupted at the start of our Republic. Here…
The Age of Rage: America’s Anti-Free Speech Movement Will Force Us (Again) To Choose Between Our Rights and Our Rage
Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them
26 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, transport economics Tags: electric cars
This is a hilarious X (formerly Twitter) thread on a presentation about “messaging over climate”. Worst messages tested: electric cars, Green New Deal, frontline communities, ‘Big Oil lied’, climate pollution Talking about electric cars especially deadly for Democrats. Women in particular frightened of battery running out. (Interesting gendered spin on range anxiety I hadn’t thought […]
Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them
When life imitates comedy: FTC’s Amazon Flip Flop
26 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, Ronald Coase Tags: competition law
Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase once quipped that he left antitrust because “When prices go up, its monopolization, when prices fall it’s predation, and when they stay the same it’s collusion.” As if to illustrate this idea, the FTC’s Chair is reversing herself to bring a case against Amazon. On one hand, booksellers argue that Amazon…
When life imitates comedy: FTC’s Amazon Flip Flop
Extinction Rebellion Dweebs Get Shutdown Quickly on The PGA Tour
25 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, sports economics Tags: cranks
Climate Activists from Extinction Rebellion Set off Smoke Bombs as they STORM THE GREEN at the 18th Hole of the PGA Tour as SCOTTIE SCHEFFLERS was finishing his game.
Extinction Rebellion Dweebs Get Shutdown Quickly on The PGA Tour
Do not stifle supply and then subsidize demand
25 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: offsetting behavior, unintended consequences
That phrasing comes from Arnold Kling, right? It is also the topic of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one bit: Unfortunately, the US already was setting a bad example for the British. Recent plans from the Biden administration called for a broadly similar approach to housing policy, namely subsidizing demand. Earlier this year, Biden called for […]
Do not stifle supply and then subsidize demand
Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Swatted Down Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election, gun control
Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. Rahimi and its implications for the Hunter Biden appeal. The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the challenge to the federal gun law. Here is the column:
Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Swatted Down Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass
Good point
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights
Health and Safety laws
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand
Peter Dunne writes – In 2016 New Zealand instituted comprehensive new health and safety laws for workplaces and other areas of activity. The expectation was that the new regime the legislation introduced would dramatically improve the culture and practice around safety in the workplace, reduce the numbers of accidents and save lives. However, the most […]
Health and Safety laws
Snitches Give Stitches: Oregon Moves to Make Reporting Microaggressions Mandatory for Doctors
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, implicit bias, political correctness, regressive left
There is a controversy in Oregon over a proposed change in the ethics rule from the Oregon Medical Board. At issue is the use of “microaggressions” to discipline doctors and to make reporting such transgressions mandatory for all doctors. It seems before you can give stitches, you have to join snitches under one of the […]
Snitches Give Stitches: Oregon Moves to Make Reporting Microaggressions Mandatory for Doctors
Just Stop Oil Terrorists Desecrate Stonehenge
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: British politics, climate activists
The blatant vandalism of a cherished historical site is unlikely to garner public support; instead, it fosters resentment and further polarizes debate, reducing complex scientific and policy discussions to simplistic and destructive acts of rebellion.
Just Stop Oil Terrorists Desecrate Stonehenge
The Danish Mortgage System Avoids Lock-In
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, financial economics, law and economics, property rights, urban economics Tags: Denmark
Tyler and I have been promoting the Danish mortgage system for years. Recall that in the Danish system each mortgage is backed by a matching bond. As a consequence, mortgage holders have two ways to pay a mortgage: 1) hold the mortgage and pay the monthly payments or 2) buy the matching bond and, in […]
The Danish Mortgage System Avoids Lock-In
The Corruption of Merrick Garland
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on the concerning record of Attorney General Merrick Garland on a variety of recent matters, including a frivolous privilege claim to withhold the audiotape of President Joe Biden during the Hur interview. There is a certain corruption of judgment that is evident from this and other decisions by […]
The Corruption of Merrick Garland
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