Stossel: Little Pink House
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: takings
The Left’s War on Science – John Tierney
22 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: Anti-Science left, regressive left
Thomas Sowell – Preferential Policies (Fascinating 1990 Interview)
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: racial discrimination, Thomas Sowell
Tullock Lecture: Richard Epstein
20 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, survivor principle Tags: employment law, employment regulation, Uber
Jonathan Pie’s On Cultural Appropriation
18 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights Tags: political correctness
Note to a jetlagged @jamespeshaw from William Nordhous
16 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate activists, free riding, game theory

Pirates & the Theory of the Firm – Intro to Political Economy, Lecture17 Mike Munger
10 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of crime, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: asymmetric information, moral hazard, transaction costs
Thomas Sowell on Wealth Creation, Human Capital & Colonialism
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, Roman empire, Thomas Sowell
What makes countries rich or poor?
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape
Forgery Experts Explain 5 Ways To Spot A Fake | WIRED
02 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, property rights
Does the voice of Alexis Lightcap, orphan, foster child, matter in transgender school bathroom policies?
01 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights Tags: political correctness
David D. Friedman — A Positive Account of Rights (Budapest, 2018)
30 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights
Doug Allen “The Duel of Honor – screening for unobserved social capital”
30 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of crime, human capital, law and economics, property rights Tags: asymmetric information, screening, signalling

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