The ‘Negativity Effect’ Leads to Bad Journalism, Big Government, and Busted Relationships
06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
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Black Americans Failed by Good Intentions: An Interview with Jason Riley
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Are CEOs overpaid?
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of information, financial economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, theory of the firm Tags: CEO pay, efficient markets hypothesis
Antidiscrimination conundrum for the Left
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: antidiscrimination laws, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unexpected consequences
Acemoglu on how democracy came to America
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of Enlightenment, economics of colonialism
Richard Epstein, “The Coming Meltdown in Labor Relations”
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
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Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights Tags: economics of banking, monetary policy
Sowell (1983) on racial discrimination and the groups that get ahead
29 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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Can banks create money at will?
28 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, financial economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, managerial economics, monetary economics, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: economics of banking
Champ and Freeman on banks printing money
28 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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@BernieSanders @AOC @jeremycorbyn
28 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election, Cuba, regressive left
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