Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, and the Ethics of Capitalism – Jennifer Burns
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in history of economic thought, liberalism, libertarianism, Milton Friedman Tags: Ayn Rand
Nobel Laureate Dr. John Clauser: Climate Models Miss Key Variable – Clouds
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Paraphrasing a well-known misquote (‘I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it’): “A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” Why clouds make climate, briefly explained in layman’s terms. [Start the video at 5 mins. or watch the clip here]. – – – “This is […]
Nobel Laureate Dr. John Clauser: Climate Models Miss Key Variable – Clouds
COP OUT 28
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Apparently thousands of well-paid, well-fed politicians and bureaucrats have pumped out tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 in order to gather in Dubai to discuss how the global Deplorable Class can be made to pump out less of that gas. Did I say thousands? I meant 100,000 of these…. people, who all arrived by […]
COP OUT 28
A Pro-Globalization Banquet
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, international economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Enlightenment, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
If you want to drink deeply of unabashedly pro-globalization essays, the Cato Institute has a “Defending Globalization” project underway. The well-written essays are mostly short or mid-length, and clearly aimed at the general public–including undergraduate students. I can’t hope to summarize the essays here, and indeed, more essays are on their way (and you can…
A Pro-Globalization Banquet
You’re fooling yourself if you think you can land that plane
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in behavioural economics, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, transport economics Tags: air accidents
Almost everyone has thought about it at least once. You’re on a plane, minding your own business when suddenly and unexpectedly, an announcement comes over your entertainment system that the pilots have been incapacitated and they are urgently looking for someone to land the plane. Would you put your hand up for this heroic task?…
You’re fooling yourself if you think you can land that plane
The Italian Government seeks a new constitutional reform
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy Tags: constitutional law, Italy
The following is a guest planting about the Italian government’s constitutional reform proposal by Gianluca Passarelli, and it addresses various questions that we had in previous discussions of this topic (1, 2). After the attempt made in 2016 when the parliament approved a reform promoted by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (Democratic Party, centre-left) but that […]
The Italian Government seeks a new constitutional reform
Economic Progress and Fossil Fuels: The Elephant in the Room at U.N. Climate Conference
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: India
The reality of economic imperatives, however, will eventually expose the folly of decarbonization plans.
Economic Progress and Fossil Fuels: The Elephant in the Room at U.N. Climate Conference
Looking into a 100 percent Renewable Electricity Calculator for the United States: a severe case of averagitis
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
In previous post, I wondered where exactly methane storage is implemented in the 100% Renewable Electricity Calculator and how seasonal storage is dealt with. Spoiler alert, no methane storage whatsoever is implemented in the calculator and seasonal storage is not taken into account. But then, how is the proposed Power-to-Methane-to-Power backup system implemented in the […]
Looking into a 100 percent Renewable Electricity Calculator for the United States: a severe case of averagitis
The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in the Hill on efforts to bar or limit voting in the primary and general presidential elections. What is so striking is how these distinctly anti-democratic actions are being taken in the name of democracy. Here is the column:
The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself
How to Kill a Country
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, labour economics, public economics, urban economics Tags: ageing society, economics of fertility, population bomb, South Korea
Much of Seoul is a sea of high-rises. And not just Seoul: Busan and other cities in South Korea have lots of high rises. More than half of all South Korean households live in high rises, and well over 60 percent live in some kind of multifamily housing. Seoul: High … Continue reading →
How to Kill a Country
Net Zero Will Take Us “Back Into Caves”, Says COP28 President
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood Can we have every COP in UAE, please? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels
Net Zero Will Take Us “Back Into Caves”, Says COP28 President
“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood David Viner Day has arrived early this winter: https://web.archive.org/web/20130422045937/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/03/three-weather-warnings-issued-heavy-snow-turns-uk-alps-19917400/
“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”
Animal Behavior Society requires DEI statements for student grants
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
This is not the only grant I know abut that requires a DEI statement, but it’s the only student grant I know that does that. I may, of course, have missed some, but these grants from the Animal Behavior society are grants for specific research projects, and it seems wrong to me to co-opt an […]
Animal Behavior Society requires DEI statements for student grants
Tories urge Sunak to scrap ‘anti-motorist’ net zero vote
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood More than 40 Conservative MPs and peers have urged Rishi Sunak to drop a vote, due on Monday, to approve “anti-consumer” and “anti-motorist” net zero quotas for the sale of electric cars. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the parliamentarians, led by Craig Mackinlay, the chairman of the Net […]
Tories urge Sunak to scrap ‘anti-motorist’ net zero vote
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