Judicial independence and the reliance on tikanga in New Zealand courts
A Sacred Trust Betrayed
A Sacred Trust Betrayed
03 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law
‘Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,’ by Armen Alchian & Harold Demsetz
03 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Armen Alchian, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, market efficiency, property rights, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm
In “Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,” Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz ask when joint production works better inside a firm than across markets, and what form that firm takes. Their answers turn on a measurement problem: When people produce together, total output doesn’t reveal what each person contributed. Measuring individual contributions is costly, and…
‘Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,’ by Armen Alchian & Harold Demsetz
Are Banking Systems Inherently Unstable? | @GeorgeSelgin | Hayek Program…
22 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, business cycles, economic history, economics of regulation, great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: monetary policy
Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court’s Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case
20 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, economics of religion, gender, law and economics, property rights Tags: marriage and divorce, Pakistan
From Azhar v. Choudhri, decided today by the Texas Supreme Court: A man who has lived in Houston since he… The post Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court’s Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court’s Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case
The Federal Lands: An Economic Property Rights Perspective
19 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: tragedy of the commons
The US federal government owns and administers 472,892,659 acres or 21% of the land area of the lower 48 states, the country’s largest landowner. The resource is held and managed as a collective resource, the Federal Lands, through political and bureaucratic interpretation of the Multiple Use principle and generally, the biological aim of maximum sustained-yield.…
The Federal Lands: An Economic Property Rights Perspective
Rent control according to Seinfeld
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: rent control
My ECONS101 lecture today covered price controls, and as examples we discussed the minimum wage (as an example of a price floor) and rent control (as an example of a price ceiling). 611 more words
Rent control according to Seinfeld
Book review: The Narrow Corridor
16 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking
My last book review was of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson’s 2012 book Why Nations Fail. It’s taken me a while (with many interruptions), but I recently finished reading their 2019 book… 731 more words
Book review: The Narrow Corridor
Climate Lawsuits Fail Constitutional and Scientific Review
15 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: nuisance suits
Whatever one thinks of the climate issue, its questions need to be answered according to the disciplined rationale of both the U.S. Constitution and scientific inquiry. The post Climate Lawsuits Fail Constitutional and Scientific Review appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Climate Lawsuits Fail Constitutional and Scientific Review
Marijuana Contracts Are Not Enforceable in Federal Court
14 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: Marijuana decriminalization. economics of prohibition
Just because marijuana is legal under state law does not mean marijuana is legal — a useful reminder.
Marijuana Contracts Are Not Enforceable in Federal Court
Canada’s First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing
13 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, environmental economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Canada
Exempt from Vancouver’s building restrictions, Squamish Nation is constructing a 6,000-unit residential high-rise.
Canada’s First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing
Mamdani Promised To Freeze the Rent. Now His Rent Freeze Is in Court.
04 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: New York City, rent control
A lawsuit alleges New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board broke the law by arbitrarily predetermining the outcome.
Mamdani Promised To Freeze the Rent. Now His Rent Freeze Is in Court.
Rainbow requirements and Treaty obligations: the HR issues that impede productivity but enhance diversity
03 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in law and economics, labour economics, human capital, economics of regulation, property rights, gender, labour supply, discrimination, poverty and inequality Tags: employment law
Bob Edlin writes – PoO noted a Newsroom report headed Major export and construction firms warn against legal definition of women. The report draws attention to objections raised to the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, which aims to amend the Legislation Act to define “woman” as “an adult human biological female” and […]
Rainbow requirements and Treaty obligations: the HR issues that impede productivity but enhance diversity
We stopped believing. The rulebook got religion
01 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law
Rodney Hide writes – New Zealand is no longer a religious country. That’s not my opinion. It’s the census. In 2023, for the first time since the question was asked, more than half of us, 51.6 per cent, said we had no religion. Christians fell to 32.3 per cent, down from 36.5 per cent five […]
We stopped believing. The rulebook got religion
Guest Post: Giving Modern Legal Effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
27 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
David Lupton has said that he thinks the Treaty itself should be put into legislation (as TPM advocates), not the principles. He sets out why below. The post Guest Post: Giving Modern Legal Effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi first appeared on Kiwiblog.
Guest Post: Giving Modern Legal Effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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