How Drug Prices Work
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in health economics, industrial organisation, politics - USA, survivor principle
Most astute: the labels washout
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in economic history, economics of information, entrepreneurship Tags: economics of advertising
No gender gap on abortion law reform in New Zealand
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in gender, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: abortion law reform
Thomas Sowell and a Conflict of Visions
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in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of education, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, Thomas Sowell
More on the withering away of poverty in America
31 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty
Bob Murphy The Free Market and Climate Change 1 of 3
31 May 2019 2 Comments
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism
5 Animals That Sleep Too Much (and One That Might Not Need To)
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Blind pursuit of Equal OUTCOME leads to an “Abomination of Justice” – Jonathan Haidt
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in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: moral psychology, political psychology
Charles II: Anniversary of his birth and restoration.
30 May 2019 Leave a comment
On this date in history: May 29, 1630. The birth of Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. On this date in history, May 29, 1660 the restoration of Charles II.
The future Charles II was born at St James’s Palace on May 29, 1630. His parents were Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland) and Henrietta Maria de Bourbon of France, the youngest daughter of Henri IV, King of France and Navarre and Marie de’ Medici. This made Henrietta Maria the sister of the French king Louis XIII and aunt of Louis XIV. Charles was their second child. Their first son was Charles James, Duke of Cornwall born and died on March 13, 1629.
Charles was baptized in the Chapel Royal, on June 27, 1630 by the Anglican Bishop of London, William Laud. The three kingdoms were experiencing great religious diversity at this time. England was predominantly…
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Subsidy Suckers: Britain’s Solar Industry Wallowing in Massive Subsidies, While Power Prices Rocket
30 May 2019 Leave a comment
The wind and solar industries exist for one reason, and one reason only: massive subsidies.
There’s a reason that holidaying Sun-seekers rarely put Britain on their bucket list. Dismally short days during bitter winters suggest that the UK would be one of the last places anyone would contemplate any serious reliance on solar power. And yet, thanks to £millions in subsidies, solar power in Britain is a thing.
Of course, those subsidies are picked up by taxpayers and power consumers who are facing rocketing power bills, without any hope of respite. And, of course, when the sun drops over the horizon, power consumers are forced to look elsewhere to keep the lights on and boil the kettle.
With the costs mounting, the extent of taxpayer largess has probably been milked for all it’s worth. But, as usual, the mere mention that subsidies might be cut sends rent seekers rabid.
Critics…
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Naomi Wolf and sharing our lanes
30 May 2019 Leave a comment
Anyone who is slightly curious would check on the meaning of the words death recorded. That is before the usual caution people should exercise when dealing with legal phraseology and with early 19th century English
The other day, in response to the Naomi Wolf situation, I tweeted in response to Heather Souvaine Horn, an editor at the New Republic:
After which she invited my to submit an essay to the site. It’s now been published as: Learn the Right Lessons from Naomi Wolf’s Book Blunder: Expertise matters. But lane-policing is counterproductive.
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