The occupational hazards facing members of parliament
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: law and order
Only a coward assaults an 86 year old Milton Friedman
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, Milton Friedman, Richard Posner Tags: regressive left
Does the left believe in equality before the law and oppose political violence?
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: regressive left
Looking beyond BBC Two’s portrayal of the Gaza Strip
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
Gaza has two borders
As recorded here last week, the recent BBC Two film ‘One Day in Gaza’ told viewers that:
“…Israel tightened its blockade on the region citing security concerns and strictly controlling all movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip. Today the economy is in freefall. More than half of Gaza’s two million inhabitants live in poverty and rely on aid. And they’re prevented from leaving what is one of the most densely populated regions on earth.” [emphasis added]
That misleading claim is of course not novel to BBC content and neither is the related and not infrequently seen politicised framing of the Gaza Strip as an ‘open-air prison’ – see examples here, here and here.
At the Erez crossing into Israel:
“Every day an average of 1,000 Gazan residents enter Israel through Erez Crossing. The vast majority of these people are those…
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Freedom, Friedman, & Family Trajectory: David Friedman – Blue Frontiers Podcast E09
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of crime, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, law and economics, libertarianism, property rights Tags: anarchocapitalism
Did Reagan’s Real Star Wars Bankrupt the Soviet Union?
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics Tags: fall of communism, space
Thomas Schelling on Geoengineering: Time for Some Gentle Experimentation
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: Thomas Schelling
Why the Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Be Huge
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in economics of natural disasters Tags: supervolcanos
The Numbers Game: Do The Rich Get All The Gains?
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: The Great Enrichment, top 1%
Why do central bankers buy and collect art?
21 May 2019 Leave a comment
The reserve bank of Australia has a magnificent collection of Australian aboriginal art. It was purchased cheaply in the mid-20th century. there is very little accountability for how the bank was budgeted back then
Jens Weidmann of Bundesbank in this speech:
It gives me great pleasure to join you here today in opening this exhibition of artworks from the collections of the National Bank of Belgium and the Deutsche Bundesbank. I must say, this is an impressive and exceptionally pleasing space for an exhibition of this kind. We jumped at the chance of sending exhibits from our collection on a journey to Brussels, to our friends at the National Bank of Belgium in the capital city of Europe. It’s a premiere for us – never before have we shown our works outside Germany.
Both the National Bank of Belgium and the Bundesbank have been avid collectors of art for many decades now. Over the years, we have each gathered quite sizeable collections which shed some light on how art has evolved in Belgium and Germany. But why do central banks collect art in…
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