Who actually won The Battle of Jutland?
06 May 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Majority of Northwestern’s Anti-Semitism Task Force Members Resign Over Deal With Protesters
06 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, useful idiots, war against terror
The backlash over the settlement of Northwestern University with pro-Palestinian protesters continues to mount. In a letter acquired by The Daily Northwestern, seven out of 11 members of the “President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate” resigned this week in protest.
Majority of Northwestern’s Anti-Semitism Task Force Members Resign Over Deal With Protesters
Electricity barrier: net zero climate policy means the UK housing crisis is getting worse
05 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: land supply
If there isn’t enough power for the new homes, where’s the power for all the soon-to-be mandatory electric vehicles supposed to come from? Net zero policy by climate obsessives is busy degrading the entire power grid to an increasingly part-time system. This is just one of the knock-on effects. – – – Our inadequate electricity […]
Electricity barrier: net zero climate policy means the UK housing crisis is getting worse
Meanwhile “… the disturbing trend of increasing violence towards children continues to worsen.”
05 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: child abuse, crime and punishment, law and order
The Children’s Minister, Karen Chhour, intends to repeal Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 because it creates conflict between claimed Crown Treaty obligations and the child’s best interests. In her words, “Oranga Tamariki’s governing principles and its act should be colour blind, utterly child centric and open to whatever solution will ensure a child’s…
Meanwhile “… the disturbing trend of increasing violence towards children continues to worsen.”
Two more Genter altercations
05 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand
Stuff reports: Another allegation has come to light against Green MP Julie Anne Genter, with a business owner claiming the MP, who is working from home after an incident this week in Parliament, grabbed her arm “and gave it quite a strong shake” as they spoke. Wellington business owner Nicola Cranfield said she saw Genter […]
Two more Genter altercations
I miss these fashions more than anything
05 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture
I miss the fashions more than anything
Trump’s 12th Amendment Problem: The VP Short List Has a Residency Dilemma
05 May 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
The Trump short list for vice presidential candidates is reportedly down to Ohio Senator, J.D. Vance, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. Rubio is a favorite for many due to his record in the Senate and his appeal to hispanic voters (where the GOP is hoping […]
Trump’s 12th Amendment Problem: The VP Short List Has a Residency Dilemma
Uncontrollable Surge: Daytime Solar Output Swamps Grid & Wrecks Power Market
04 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: solar power
The chaos that’s wrecking our power supplies is what happens when engineers are replaced by ideologues. Long on cultish mantras about the ‘inevitable transition’ and the wonders of ‘free wind and solar energy’, but short on maths, physics and economics, the clowns in charge of our power supplies would have been charged with treason, not […]
Uncontrollable Surge: Daytime Solar Output Swamps Grid & Wrecks Power Market
The Peltzman Effect at Sea
04 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, Economics of international refugee law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of migration, offsetting behavior, unintended consequences
Deiana, Maheshr,and Mastrobuoniand have recently published an analysis of the effects of Search and Rescue operations on migration from Africa to Europe.Nearly half a century ago, Sam Peltzman showed that, because mandatory seat-belts made driving safer, drivers tended to drive more recklessly, partially offsetting the increased safety. Similar effects occurred in the search and rescue…
The Peltzman Effect at Sea
2024 Annual GWPF Lecture – Judith Curry – Climate Uncertainty and Risk
04 May 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Dr Judith Curry gives the 2024 Annual GWPF Lecture on the subject of ‘Climate Uncertainty and Risk’.
2024 Annual GWPF Lecture – Judith Curry – Climate Uncertainty and Risk
Who really won the WW2 jet race? It’s complicated…
04 May 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
The Battle of Arleux – Robert Nivelle Gets Fired I THE GREAT WAR Week 145
04 May 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
May Day: Appeals Court Rules Against Kids’ Climate Lawsuit
03 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights
Update May 1, 2024 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants Federal government’s petition for writ of mandamus in the case of Juliana v. United States, originally filed in 2015. Ruling excerpts are below in italics with my bolds. 20240501_docket-24-684_order In the underlying case, twenty-one plaintiffs (the Juliana plaintiffs) claim that—by failing to adequately respond to […]
May Day: Appeals Court Rules Against Kids’ Climate Lawsuit
Farmers Uninsurable Risk: Solar Factory Neighbours Face Total Financial Ruin
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: solar power, wind power
Farmers have no hope of insuring their properties to cover damage caused to neighbouring solar factories. Public liability cover in property insurance contracts ordinarily caps out at around $20 million in Australia. As with any type of insurance, the greater the cover, the greater the premium. Although, there are certain risks that no insurer will […]
Farmers Uninsurable Risk: Solar Factory Neighbours Face Total Financial Ruin
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Recent Comments