Wrote a thing on the Moriori myth and why it’s still with us https://t.co/CIE4X4BaNZ
— Keri Mills (@keri_mills) August 4, 2018
@keri_mills is spot on in @TheSpinoffTV: always question the motives of anyone who blames someone for the wrongs of their ancestors
28 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: crime and punishment, economics of colonialism
Ten Minute English and British History #02 – Late Roman Britain
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in economic history Tags: British history, economics of colonialism, Roman empire
Politics of climate expertise
28 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
by Judith Curry
“Concerning the inability of expert knowledge to resolve environmental controversy and the pressing need for a pragmatic reframing of policy problems to allow for solutions based on bipartisan values.”
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More reversing gender gaps
28 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, James Buchanan, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: reversing gender gap
Is Wind Power Actually Cheaper Than Coal Fired Power? Well, No!
28 Dec 2018 1 Comment
By Anton Lang ~
Virtually every commentator who even mentions renewable power generation these days will tell you that renewable power generation is cheaper than coal fired power, but is this really the case?
It has puzzled me for a long time now how they can get away with saying that, and not actually taking the time to check the real data to see if it’s true at all. They just repeat that same old thing, time after time, and as the old adage says, repeat something often enough and it then becomes the truth.
You’ll see all sorts of ways they can justify it, usually by quoting what is referred to by the acronym LCOE. (Levelised Cost Of Electricity) Over the years I have been doing this, now almost eleven years, I have seen so many different versions of these LCOE documents, and they have changed across the years…
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Is Burnt Toast Really Bad for You?
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in health economics Tags: food safety
Appearance on Fox News Channel explained
28 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
Hopefully, one day the left will be equally embarrassed by their fawning for Castro as they are for appearing on Fox
Recently I was invited to be interviewed by Fox News Channel for “a series of stories about changing demographics and how they’re impacting politics, policy, and our culture.” Specifically, the producer said they wanted to interview me about “your recent research on millennials and marriage and divorce rates.”
This raised the recurring question faced by responsible academics: Should I appear on Fox News? For those of us who love attention, it’s hard to say no, but I did consider saying no. I figured the segment would be a right-slanted take, but also hoped that since it was for a news program, rather than an opinion program, it might be moored to reality, and I thought I might have a chance to interject something useful, or at least true. (This differs from my previous appearance, with Tucker Carlson.) Whether to differentiate at all between news and opinion on FNC is…
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Property Rights 1: Private v. Collective
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in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, environmental economics, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights Tags: The Great Enrichment
Animated map shows how religion spread around the world
28 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of religion
Top 5 Guardian anti-Israel smears, distortions and lies in 2018
28 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
Narrowing down an entire year of Guardian anti-Israel reporting to the five most egregious examples is not an easy task, but, as a public service to our loyal readers, here are a few smears and errors by their contributors in 2018 that especially stand out:
1. A Guardian contributor literally suggested that those who would defend the IDF’s actions on the Gaza border are morally sub-human (See post here)
2. Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell ties Zionism to apartheid and white supremacy (See our post for context)
3. Guardian cartoon by ‘First Dog on the Moon’ smears Australian Jews who support Israel as “apartheid enthusiasts” (See our post for context)
4. The Guardian refused to correct an op-ed by Labour Party official Jon Lansman that included a smear (debunked five years ago) that Ethiopian Israelis were – for racist reasons – given contraception against their will. (See our post
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