Finn E. Kydland, Economic Policy and Sustainable Growth
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in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, fiscal policy, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights Tags: time inconsistency
The Price of Peace
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in defence economics, economic history, laws of war, war and peace
Milton Friedman Speaks – Is Capitalism Humane?
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick Tags: capitalism and freedom
George Carlin on the Environment and Environmentalists
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This is worth another look and is a humorous way to view the issues covered by Earth Day as well as this website. Comedian George Carlin (1937 – 2008) gives a hilarious look at the environment and environmentalists during a comedy special he did. Carlin told the truth that the Earth has been through a lot worse than man’s influence.
Against Guilt by Historical Association: A Note on MacLean’s “Democracy in Chains”
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It’s this summer’s hottest pastime for libertarian-leaning academics: finding examples of bad scholarship in Nancy MacLean’s new book Democracy in Chains. For those out of the loop, MacLean, a history professor at Duke University, argues in her book that Nobel-prize winning public choice economist James Buchanan is part of some Koch-funded vast right-libertarian conspiracy to destroy democracy as inspired by southern racist agrarians and confederates like John Calhoun. This glowing review from NPR should give you a taste of her argument, which often has the air of a bizarre conspiracy theory. Unfortunately, to make these arguments she’s had to cut some huge corners in her federally-funded research. Here’s a round-up of her dishonesty:
- David Bernstein points out how MacLean’s own sources contradict her claims that libertarian Frank Chodorov disagreed with the ruling in Brown v. Board.
- Russ Roberts reveals how out-of-context Tyler Cowen was taken by MacLean, misquoting him…
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.@PaulHuntSRights shooting his mouth off without doing any research nor even basic background checks before selfies
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in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, politics - New Zealand
So @mfe_news advised @jamespeshaw that unilateral action is futile. Only global action will help.
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, resource economics Tags: climate alarmism, free-riders, game theory, international public goods
WCO PICARD Conference 2015 – Prof. Edward Prescott – Keynote Address
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in business cycles, development economics, economic growth, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, growth miracles, macroeconomics
Why Warren Buffett Said No to Lehman and AIG in 2008
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in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: banking panics
Why did transwomen go to prison 40 times as much as women in the USA in 2011?
08 May 2019 1 Comment
in economics of crime, gender, law and economics, politics - USA
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