“Let’s Hope Today’s Events Inspire Others”: Rutgers Professor Under Fire for Posting on Trump Assassination Attempt

24 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: , , , , ,

We have been following the controversies surrounding professors commenting on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Some of those responses have ranged from celebrations to spreading bizarre conspiracy theories. The latest controversy concerns Rutgers University Writing Program Assistant Teaching Professor Tracy Budd, who posted a Facebook message saying ”Let’s hope today’s events inspire […]

“Let’s Hope Today’s Events Inspire Others”: Rutgers Professor Under Fire for Posting on Trump Assassination Attempt

Climate Criminals

24 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: ,

By Paul Homewood . A new organisation called Climate Criminals is calling on the International Criminal Court to bring charges against a large number of businessmen and others from what they call the polluter industrial complex, who they deem to be guilty of various crimes against the climate. They are clearly a bunch of loons, […]

Climate Criminals

Dawkins talks to Kathleen Stock

24 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, gender, health economics, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: , , , , , , ,

Here we have a 55-minute (remote) conversation between Richard Dawkins and Kathleen Stock conducted during the “Dissident Dialogues” conference in NYC last May.  Here’s a précis of Stock’s background from Wikipedia: Kathleen Mary Linn Stock OBE is a British philosopher and writer. She was a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex until 2021. She has published academic […]

Dawkins talks to Kathleen Stock

Māori Party political leader curses and rants on video, calling for overthrow of New Zealand’s government

24 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: , , , ,

This video, professionally made and showing Kiri Tamihere-Waititi doing what can only be called ranting about her oppression and that of the Māori people, and then winding up by calling for the overthrow of the New Zealand, has caused a stir in that country.  I am told that Tamihere-Waititi is a powerful member of  Te […]

Māori Party political leader curses and rants on video, calling for overthrow of New Zealand’s government

Supreme Folly: The Lingering and Ironic Legacy of President Biden on Court “Limits”

22 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: ,

Below is my Hill column on President Joe Biden shifting his position on the Supreme Court and agreeing to “limits” on the Supreme Court. This ran before President Biden finally consented to withdraw from the race. It makes this last ditch effort even more tragic for his legacy. As I mentioned in the column, the […]

Supreme Folly: The Lingering and Ironic Legacy of President Biden on Court “Limits”

Flooding Housing Policy

22 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of regulation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, urban economics Tags: , ,

The Minister of Housing’s ambition is to reduce markedly the ratio of house prices to household incomes. If his strategy works it would transform the housing market, dramatically changing the prospects of housing as an investment. Brian Easton writes –  Leaving aside the Minister’s metaphor of ‘flooding the market’ I do not see how the […]

Flooding Housing Policy

British Labour Government Pressured to Release Just Stop Oil “Truth Tellers”

22 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: ,

If they release Just Stop Oil, they’ll upset the voters. If they keep JSO activists incarcerated, they’ll upset the donors.

British Labour Government Pressured to Release Just Stop Oil “Truth Tellers”

XR Founder Roger Hallam Sentenced 5 Years In Prison For Blocking M25 Motorway In 2022

22 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: ,

7 weeks of rain and 5 years in prison By Klimanachrichten Five years ago, we published an article about Roger Hallam in this blog. He is the founder of XTinction Rebellion and an activist with Stop Oil. Interestingly, these groups are/were funded with money from oil heirs. Already in 2019 we had many doubts about…

XR Founder Roger Hallam Sentenced 5 Years In Prison For Blocking M25 Motorway In 2022

MICHAEL BASSETT: DEALING WITH TODAY’S SMALL, RAUCOUS, CRAZY MAORI FRINGE

22 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ,

Anyone watching and trying to understand last Sunday’s Q&A where Jack Tame interviewed Debbie Ngarewa-Packer will realise that she seems to be beyond reason. Tame tried to examine bits of her blather and her obvious misuse of words, but she immediately slithered like an eel under a rock and made louder assertions about how Maori “korero”…

MICHAEL BASSETT: DEALING WITH TODAY’S SMALL, RAUCOUS, CRAZY MAORI FRINGE

Hollywood evidence on McCarthyism

21 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, movies, politics - USA Tags: , ,

There is a new NBER working paper on this topic by Hui Ren Tan and Tianyi Wang, here is the abstract: We study a far-reaching episode of demagoguery in American history. From the late 1940s to 1950s, anti-communist hysteria led by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others gripped the nation. Hundreds of professionals in Hollywood were […]

Hollywood evidence on McCarthyism

Right to Repair

21 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of information, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags:

The Green Party has a Member’s Bill up arguing for a consumer right of repair; Auckland University’s Alex Sims has written a few columns in support of such a thing. I’d had an email asking about that legislation; figured I’d share my response here – tidied up a bit.If it’s more expensive to produce a product…

Right to Repair

Lessons from the UK

21 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

There are many lessons for New Zealand in last week’s British election result, which saw the 14-year reign of the Conservative Party ending in a crushing defeat. While the number of seats won by Labour appeared to indicate a huge swing to the left in support of Sir Keir Starmer’s Party, that isn’t the case […]

Lessons from the UK

Another Fake Climate Case Bites the Dust

20 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: ,

The decisive ruling against climate lawfare is reported at Washington Free Beacon Dem-Appointed Judge Tosses Major Climate Case Against Oil and Gas Producers in Blow to Environmental Activists. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. Baltimore judge deals blow to left-wing effort to punish oil companies for global warming A Baltimore judge tossed […]

Another Fake Climate Case Bites the Dust

Roger Hallam Receives Five Year Sentence, other Just Stop Oil Co-Conspirators Receive Four Years

19 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: , , , , ,

Five Just Stop Oil protesters, including one of its co-founders, have been jailed for conspiring to organise protests that blocked the M25 motorway.

Roger Hallam Receives Five Year Sentence, other Just Stop Oil Co-Conspirators Receive Four Years

Guest Post: Will John Minto condemn Hamas for refusing to free the hostages?

19 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: , , ,

A guest post by Lucy Rogers: I woke up this morning to initial elation at the news that Israel and Hamas are apparently close to a ceasefire deal. The proposal involves the return of 33 hostages and Hamas’ removal from power, in exchange for the release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, Israel’s […]

Guest Post: Will John Minto condemn Hamas for refusing to free the hostages?

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