Heavy plastic bags and paper bags offset @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism
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in environmental economics, politics - New Zealand, rentseeking Tags: offsetting behaviour, recycling
Bill Nye Debates Richard Lindzen On Climate Change
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism
Does @DomPost apply same gate keeping standard to GMOs opponents? Socialists? Recycling? Rent control?
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in economics of media and culture, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: anti-GMO movement, climate alarmists
Good to see the aged 100 plus are still active in political debate
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism
Codename Garbo: The Greatest Deception of World War II
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
How Neil Armstrong Trained to Land the Lunar Module
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in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: moon landings
Even small minimum wage increase have ambiguous employment effects under monopsonistic competition
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Be President. Very Bad Idea.
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Elizabeth Warren has moved into second place among the vast array of Democrats wanting to be president. Presumably because no one is listening to what she has to say. Let me review a few bits:
She promises to Import at least 700% more refugees to the U.S.
She wants a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases.
She promises on her “first day” as president to set up a commission to investigate U.S. Crimes against immigrants.
Warren’s Immigration plan will decriminalize illegal immigration, end the detention of border crossers.
Crossing the border illegally should not be a criminal offense.
Warren is committed to ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine (?)
A New tax on the Rich will pay for day care for every newborn in the U.S.
Then a new wealth tax will take care of her modest $1.25 trillion debt-and-tuition deal, a tax on “Wall Street Speculators
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Friedman Fundamentals: What We Learned About 70% Tax Rates 50 Years Ago
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in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, economics of natural disasters
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