
Stigler on Galbraith’s 1977 TV series episode on colonialism
14 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of colonialism

Chad Jones’ awkward remarks on top tax rates and innovation spillovers
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

Top 10 Country GDP Ranking History (1960-2017)
01 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics Tags: The Great Enrichment
The Greatest Story Ever Told: The Amazing Story of Economic Growth (Steven Landsburg) (1 of 2)
23 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, macroeconomics Tags: The Great Enrichment
The role of greater equality in post-war economic growth (a one-time growth spurt from less misallocation of talent?)
10 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic growth, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality Tags: endogenous growth theory, gender wage gap, racial discrimination, sex discrimination

Paul M. Romer: Lecture in Economic Sciences 2018
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, economic history, human capital, macroeconomics Tags: endogenous growth theory
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
Ellen McGrattan The Impact of Brexit on Foreign Investment and Production
07 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic growth, industrial organisation, international economics, International law, macroeconomics Tags: Brexit
Steven Landsburg Discusses Incentives and Taxes
05 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
Steven Landsburg: taxing capital
02 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, financial economics, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour
Sweden Not a Socialist Success
29 Nov 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags: Sweden
Finn Kydland on the Great Recession
27 Nov 2018 1 Comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, fiscal policy, great recession, macroeconomics, public economics Tags: monetary policy, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply

Prescott Says ‘Partial’ Default Is Likely for Greece”
23 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: time inconsistency


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