Richard Epstein didn’t stand a chance when arguing with George Stigler
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, George Stigler, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Richard Epstein Tags: distributive justice, social justice
The latest excuse for religious bigotry
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of religion Tags: political correctness
Weekend long read
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
1) At ‘Lawfare’, Matthew J. Aiesi presents a legal view of the incendiary attacks launched from the Gaza Strip.
“…Israel has also been subjected to frequent attacks by incendiary balloons. By early June of this year, these attacks had destroyed approximately 4,300 acres of land, and more has been destroyed since then. Yet news reports on the incendiary balloons often fail to identify the balloons for what they are—a war crime. […]
As Hamas has been using them, these incendiary balloon attacks violate numerous rules and customs of warfare—principally concerning the targeting of civilians and the use of indiscriminate weapons. The attacks also likely violate the prohibition on the use of incendiary weapons in this context.”
2) MEMRI reportson views of the PA’s handling of an incident earlier this year.
“On April 26, 2019, an urgent appeal by the largely Christian residents of the Palestinian village of Jifna, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh district…
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@PaulKrugman explains #TPPANoWay
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, health economics, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: patents and copyright, preferential trade agreements
Quinto Congreso Internacional FIAP – Asofondos – Edward Prescott
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycles
Polish-Ukrainian War 1919 – The Battle for Lemberg I THE GREAT WAR July 1919
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
NEWSPAPERS- CAN THEY SURVIVE?
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The latest Pew Research American statistics at first light make grim reading. It appears that over the last decade in all traditional news outlets, that is newspapers, radio, television and cable, total employee numbers dropped by 25%.
But analysis shows the employee numbers in radio, television and cable in fact pretty much stayed the same and the drop was almost entirely attributable to newspapers which lost 47% of their staff in the past ten years. For those of us interested in quality and substance in their news consumption, which television and radio cannot provide, this is alarming.
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Borders are revealing
02 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, International law, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: economics of borders
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