King Charles is no friend of general humanity. Speaking at COP28, he said: “The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth.”
King Charles Delivers Highly-Politicised Speech to Support Collectivist Net Zero Project
King Charles Delivers Highly-Politicised Speech to Support Collectivist Net Zero Project
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The end of the Zero-Covid policy?
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
Nothing comforts people so much as knowing they’re part of the same crowd. It’s a tribal thing rooted in our two million years of brain evolution. You can see this even more clearly when one person is left stranded as the crowd moves on. Surprised, shocked, ill-at-ease, and wondering if she should follow the crowd […]
The end of the Zero-Covid policy?
Chris Trotter in strife?
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Age of Enlightenment, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Given his (qualified) support for Israel in their cage fight against Hamas I had wondered over the last few weeks if Chris was feeling the pressure from the New Left who hate Israel and have grown to outnumber he and his kind here in New Zealand over the last couple of decades. I noticed that […]
Chris Trotter in strife?
December 2, 1804: Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: France
After a decade of constant warfare, France and Britain signed the Treaty of Amiens in March 1802, bringing the Revolutionary Wars to an end. With Europe at peace and the economy recovering, Bonaparte’s popularity soared to its highest levels under the consulate, both domestically and abroad. In a new plebiscite during the spring of 1802, […]
December 2, 1804: Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French
The Nuclear Option: A Pragmatic Shift at COP28
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy
In a notable pivot at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai, over 20 nations, led by the United States, have advocated for a substantial increase in nuclear energy.
The Nuclear Option: A Pragmatic Shift at COP28
Counsellors Of State In The Age Of Remote Work
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, law and economics Tags: British constitutional law
There’s an interesting detail tucked away near the end of the Letters Patent signifying Royal Assent to the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill. The final clause reads “WITNESS Ourself at Kenya on the second day of November in the second year of Our Reign,” meaning the King signed the document while on a state […]
Counsellors Of State In The Age Of Remote Work
Amicus Brief Details Climate Litigation Campaign’s Political Origins
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics
…the admitted objective is to obtain discovery for help with, and otherwise help move along, a national campaign of lawfare designed to coerce defendants “to the table” in support of unpopular national ‘climate’ (i.e., energy-constraint) policy.
Amicus Brief Details Climate Litigation Campaign’s Political Origins
ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Winston Peters has a point about media bias
03 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics
Winston Peters has suggested that mainstream media were “bribed” by the previous Labour government. Members of the media are outraged. Peters, true to form, is being provocative. I don’t think Peters’ strident tone helps. If Peters wants to get through, then a more diplomatic approach may be better. Aggressiveness merely gets people’s backs up and…
ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Winston Peters has a point about media bias
Biden Admin Pledges Millions To International ‘Climate Reparations’ Fund
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China
The Biden administration has pledged millions of dollars to a de facto international “climate reparations” fund at the United Nations (UN) climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Biden Admin Pledges Millions To International ‘Climate Reparations’ Fund
The Irish Government Moves to Crackdown on Free Speech After Anti-Immigration Riot
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
We have previously discussed the growing anti-free speech movement in Ireland. As discussed in The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in the Age of Rage, these crackdowns on free speech tend to come with periods of public panic or anger. Anti-free speech advocates use such periods as opportunities to get the public to surrender this core […]
The Irish Government Moves to Crackdown on Free Speech After Anti-Immigration Riot
The media wants a hate crime
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: law and order, political correctness, regressive left
You have surely heard that three young Palestinian-Americans, Kinnan Abdalhamid, Hisham Awartani, and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, were shot on November 25 in Burlington, Vermont. Two of the injured were American citizens; the other a legal resident. The alleged shooter, Jason Eaton, was captured and appears to be mentally ill. From the NYT: They were shot […]
The media wants a hate crime
Covid-19 – Vaccines and Vaccine Mandates
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
The logic of vaccines had always been very clear. If you were vaccinated you didn’t need to be concerned about unvaccinated people. The disease was their problem. C-19 inverted that logic. Halcyon days were it not for the permanent memory of the Interwebby. From a purely technical point-of-view I was quite interested in the race […]
Covid-19 – Vaccines and Vaccine Mandates
Gas network already at maximum capacity as cold snap hits
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood h/t Phil Bratby/Ian Magness Britain’s gas network has already hit full capacity as renewable energy fails to generate the power needed to heat the UK’s homes. Freezing temperatures mean energy demands have soared in recent days, but low winds mean output at wind farms has plunged, according to data from […]
Gas network already at maximum capacity as cold snap hits
Government net debt: how does NZ compare?
02 Dec 2023 1 Comment
in budget deficits, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand
In my post yesterday on the new OECD Economic Outlook fiscal numbers I included this chart Even if you leave off the last two observations (OECD projections based on current – Labour government – fiscal policy) recent trends have hardly been something to take any comfort in. But at least we were still a bit […]
Government net debt: how does NZ compare?
Retrograde Renewables: Wind & Solar Transition Means Return to Pre-Industrial Age
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Wind and solar are hopelessly unreliable and intermittent, and wild promises of grid-scale storage of wind and solar are a cruel hoax. Dilute and diffuse, no modern economy has powered itself using sunshine and breezes, no country worth its salt, ever will. The wind and sun cult tries to ignore the fact that the story […]
Retrograde Renewables: Wind & Solar Transition Means Return to Pre-Industrial Age
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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