As an amateur psychologist, I know that humans are susceptible to manias. I also know that humans tend to focus on tiny slivers of time and on tiny slivers of geographical place when forming ideas and opinions. We are also extremely malleable and easily fooled, as was demonstrated in 2020 and 2021
Twelve Reasons Why I Don’t Believe There’s a Climate Emergency
Twelve Reasons Why I Don’t Believe There’s a Climate Emergency
18 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
College premium
18 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: graduate premium
Nigel Farage on Net Zero: “The Whole Thing is about Charging Us More Money”
18 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
Farage leads Reform UK, a party which recently pulled ahead of the governing Conservatives in the polls, and stands a real chance of becoming the second largest party in the next British parliament.
Nigel Farage on Net Zero: “The Whole Thing is about Charging Us More Money”
The Corruption of Merrick Garland
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on the concerning record of Attorney General Merrick Garland on a variety of recent matters, including a frivolous privilege claim to withhold the audiotape of President Joe Biden during the Hur interview. There is a certain corruption of judgment that is evident from this and other decisions by […]
The Corruption of Merrick Garland
Study: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Could be Powered by Renewables
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
The diesel generator would only be needed for “backup”.
Study: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Could be Powered by Renewables
This is what Kiwi taxpayers are funding
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left
There is no link between UNRWA and Hamas, no none at all. We know this because UNRWA commissioned a report that said so.
This is what Kiwi taxpayers are funding
Germany May Sales Of Electric Cars Plummet 30.6% Compared To Year Earlier
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
CO2 emissions of new German cars also rose 3.3%…indicating the green transition has stalled and is reversing.
Germany May Sales Of Electric Cars Plummet 30.6% Compared To Year Earlier
Price controls deter voluntary, wealth-creating transactions: CA minimum wages increase to $20/hour
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, minimum wage, unemployment
When staking out a position, it is rare for a politician to acknowledge any tradeoffs. For example, a politician in favor of a minimum wage increase will praise the increased wages for workers, but won’t acknowledge that businesses will shut down or fire workers. That job is left to those on the other wide of…
Price controls deter voluntary, wealth-creating transactions: CA minimum wages increase to $20/hour
New Rule: Capitalism Cells | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, television, TV shows
The Truth about Wind Power and the 2022 UK Gas Crisis
16 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: renewable energy, wind power
There is a pervasive belief among green policy adherents that wind power saved the UK hundreds of millions during the natural gas crisis brought on by the disruption of gas flow to Europe from Russia.
The Truth about Wind Power and the 2022 UK Gas Crisis
Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?
16 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
For months, I have been expressing disbelief that Hunter Biden and his defense team were going to take the gun case to trial. Even on the eve of the trial, I thought that the defense might snap into sanity and plead out the case. The reason was simple. A guilty plea would have materially improved […]
Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?
Italian Mountain Warfare – The Espionage Act I THE GREAT WAR Week 151
16 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Fossil Fuels Remain The Future. VW To Invest 60 Billion Euros In Combustion Engines!
15 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
…customers are tired of being told what to buy and what rules to follow.
Fossil Fuels Remain The Future. VW To Invest 60 Billion Euros In Combustion Engines!
Legal challenge made over ‘net zero’ power plant
15 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood One more reason why the Net Zero Act must be cancelled. The UK’s energy security is far too important to be put at the whim of a judge and an eco-nutjob, who is no doubt funded by far left eco groups. (It is an extremely expensive process going to judicial review, […]
Legal challenge made over ‘net zero’ power plant
Tear Down This Wall!
14 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Berlin wall, East Germany, fall of communism
On June 12, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gave a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open the Berlin Wall. He famously said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” This moment is considered a significant event in the Cold War era, symbolizing […]
Tear Down This Wall!
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