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“That Didn’t Stop Me”: President Biden Brags that the Supreme Court Cannot Stop Him from Canceling Student Debt
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election, rule of law, student debt
President Joe Biden held a press event to brag about a major accomplishment this week. That itself is hardly surprising in an election year, but the boast itself was rather curious. In announcing the writing off of another $1.2 billion owed to the government in student loans, Biden gloated that the Supreme Court could not […]
“That Didn’t Stop Me”: President Biden Brags that the Supreme Court Cannot Stop Him from Canceling Student Debt
Canadians deplatform championship cyclist because she was an Israeli who served in IDF
23 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
I am so bloody sick of the kind of hatred instantiated in this article, where someone gets deplatformed not because of what they were going to say, which is bad enough, but simply because of who they are. From Cycling magazine we get a disgusting tale of a championship cyclist booted out of an International […]
Canadians deplatform championship cyclist because she was an Israeli who served in IDF
Science Feedback (a “fact-checker organization”) have generated disinformation about CERES-Science
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate activists
In recent years, a real-life equivalent to “the Ministry of Truth” has arisen with the rise of so-called “fact-checking organizations”.
Science Feedback (a “fact-checker organization”) have generated disinformation about CERES-Science
Poles Apart: Poland Joins Europe’s Nuclear Power Renaissance
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy
Poland is the latest country to join the Europe-wide nuclear power renaissance. While their German neighbours set out to destroy their once reliable and affordable power supply with a maniacal attempt to run on sunshine and breezes, the Poles kept powering on using their abundant coal reserves. The same coal-fired plants routinely provide surplus power […]
Poles Apart: Poland Joins Europe’s Nuclear Power Renaissance
Texas professor fired, then reinstated after a lawsuit, for teaching that chromosomes determine human sex
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, gender, health economics, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Age of Enlightenment, employment law, free speech, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
In general, one can’t say that chromosomes “determine sex” in animals, as there are other genetic or environmental features that determine what sex an individual becomes. As Coyne and Maroja (2023) note: Different sexes can determined during development bybe based on different chromosomes and their genes (e.g., XX vs. XY in humans, ZW vs. ZZ in birds, […]
Texas professor fired, then reinstated after a lawsuit, for teaching that chromosomes determine human sex
Master and Commander: The Biden Dogs Accused of Dozens of Additional Attacks at White House
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health and safety, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election
We have been writing about alarming record of the dogs of the Bidens attacking staff and Secret Service agents through the years. At first, the story was a humorous distraction as some of us wondered if the First Family had a vicious dog. It then became more alarming as each of the dogs were found […]
Master and Commander: The Biden Dogs Accused of Dozens of Additional Attacks at White House
Superannuation, KiwiSaver, and New Zealand’s economic development
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic growth, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ageing society
The Retirement Commissioner has released a paper on aspects of New Zealand Superannuation (NZS). Its focus includes affordability, fairness, age of eligibility, and the treatment of those over 65 who continue in the workforce whilst also receiving NZS. What the Commissioner does not discuss is the relationship between superannuation systems, domestic savings rates and capital […]
Superannuation, KiwiSaver, and New Zealand’s economic development
Bari Weiss interviews Roland Fryer
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: academic bias, crime and punishment, free speech, law and order, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
A lot of readers and heterodox colleagues have sent me this link to Bari Weiss’s interview with Harvard economics professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr., often accompanied by big encomiums. Despite my unwillingness to watch long videos, I did watch all 77 minutes of it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t mesmerized, or even much interested. There are interesting […]
Bari Weiss interviews Roland Fryer
ROB MacCULLOCH: Grant Robertson’s new job sends an awful message to students about meritocracy in NZ
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
The appointment of Grant Robertson as Vice-Chancellor of Otago University has raised hackles – and questions – among academics. Robertson’s credentials for the job is one issue. The appointment process is another. University of Auckland economics professor Rob MacCulloch has posted these three articles in the past few days on Down To Earth Kiwi… […]
ROB MacCULLOCH: Grant Robertson’s new job sends an awful message to students about meritocracy in NZ
About right
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture Tags: cranks
Changing times
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of languages
RICHARD PREBBLE: We must get our children back to school
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand
It will not matter what was agreed in 1840 if the coalition cannot get our children back to school. Most children do not attend school regularly. Nations that do not educate the next generation are doomed to fail. In the 3rd term last year most Pakeha pupils, 52%, did not go to school regularly.…
RICHARD PREBBLE: We must get our children back to school
Climatists Mistake Means for Ends
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Roy Gilbert exposes the fundamental mistaken thinking regarded global warming/climate change. His Spectator Australia article is Conceptual Error in Climate Change Analysis. H/T John Ray Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. It is often said that the ‘science is in on climate change’. Is it? We should always adhere to the principle […]
Climatists Mistake Means for Ends
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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