Scalia on religious liberty
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in economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, Freedom of religion
The Mozilla oral arguments and the ongoing hell of the “net neutrality” debate
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Palestinian “pay for slay”, an odious practice ignored by the Western press
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You already know that it galls me when people extol the “oppressed” Palestinians—whose government has refused generous Israeli offers of peace time after time—and decry the “war crimes” committed against them by Israel. They never mention, of course, the three big war crimes regularly committed by Palestinians, which are far more odious than the accusations of “occupation” which are arguably questionable.
Palestinian war crimes. 1.) combatants don’t wear uniforms, something required by international law. 2.) Palestinians deliberately target Israeli civilians, also banned by international law. 3.) And Palestinian fighters hide behind civilians or fire rockets from within civilian areas, also prohibited by international law.
But one of the most odious and reprehensible acts that the Palestinian government commits towards Israel is to pay terrorists for killing Israelis, often civilians. If the terrorist dies as a “martyr”, his or her family gets money—often a substantial sum. This is called “pay for…
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Q&A: Thomas Sowell 2005
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in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell, welfare reform
The deadly race to the South Pole
05 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics Tags: Age of exploration
WHY “Green” Energy Is Futile, In One Lesson
04 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
Greening The Land | Cartoons By Josh
“Renewable energy technologies simply won’t work; we need a fundamentally different approach.” – Top Google engineers
“We get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That’s the only reason to build them. They don’t make sense without the tax credit.” – Warren Buffett
“Suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost the equivalent of believing in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.” – James Hansen (The Godfather of global warming alarmism and former NASA climate chief)
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H/t @FriendsOScience
A MUST READ for all policy makers if they have any respect for the families, workers and the most vulnerable in their communities whose lives are being broken as a consequence of the mad rush into feel-good UNreliables –…
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Economics Can Be Fun, Honest! Short Lessons:
04 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
If I am complaining about someone’s lack of knowledge about economics, it seems only fair to try to remedy that. For your own value or to share, I always enjoyed this brief series.+
Dr. Madsen Pirie, President of the Adam Smith Institute is explaining how basic economics is based on fundamental understanding of human nature.
Economics often seems too complicated for us everyday mortals, but it’s just based on understanding the real world. The workings of the market, the everyday buying and selling, profit and loss, tell us, if we choose to pay attention, how money, trade and markets really work.
Never fear, these are all really, really short, and worth your time.
Economics can be fun, and here’s another lesson: Economics is fun, Part 2. All about Price. How do products get priced, and what is the right price?
Part 3 is about Specialization. This is not…
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How Psychics Fool Their Victims
04 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: consumer fraud
Serena Williams explains why she would lose to a man
04 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in gender, sports economics Tags: Tennis
Mao’s supreme sacrifice @AOC @SenSanders @oxfamnz @jeremycorbyn
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: China, The Great Escape
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