Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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Another blow for net-zero dogmatists. More evidence that cheap offshore wind power doesn’t exist and nobody can control its costs, or be sure of a good level of reliability. – – – Global Underwater Hub (GUH) is leading the charge to tackle failures in underwater cables which could derail global offshore wind ambitions, says AGCC. […]
Subsea cable failures could derail offshore wind ambitions – insurance costs ‘becoming prohibitive’
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, history of economic thought, law and economics, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics
By Paul Homewood The average cost of second hand electric cars is plummeting by a “phenomenal amount” as they sit for “months on end” without any buyers.
Values Of Used EVs Plummet, As Dealers Stuck With Unsold Cars
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My book Why Evolution is True has been translated into 18 languages, and one of them was Hebrew. I was pleased about that because many Orthodox Jews are Biblical creationists and I wanted them to at least have a shot at learning about the evidence for evolution. In fact, I know of at least two American […]
An Israeli Jew rejects “Why Evolution is True”
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in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice
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TweetPhil Magness decries “academic lies about free-market economists.” Two slices: The academic history profession has a problem with intellectual integrity. Over the past decade, a cottage industry has emerged in elite university departments that explicitly aims to tear down free-market economists (often misnamed as “neoliberals”) by accusing them of racism, fascism, and similarly discredited beliefs.…
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The following is a message from lawyer Stephen Franks on behalf of the Free Speech Union. I don’t like to interrupt first thing Monday morning, but we’ve just become aware of a case where we think immediate and overwhelming attention could help turn the tide. It involves someone I’ve long followed on Twitter with the…
STEPHEN FRANKS: Press seek to publicly shame doctor. We must push back.
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By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced this week that the UK will push to unlock global finance and help developing countries invest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to Cleverly, the spotlight will be on improving the global financial system, including making it easier […]
James Cleverly Needs $4 Trillion a Year For His Sustainable Development Goals!
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By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced this week that the UK will push to unlock global finance and help developing countries invest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to Cleverly, the spotlight will be on improving the global financial system, including making it easier […]
James Cleverly Needs $4 Trillion a Year For His Sustainable Development Goals!
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Two perceptive op eds by Dr. Judith Curry provides thinking pertinent to UK Sunak’s reconsideration of climate policies. Her articles in December and January for Sky News Australia was The faux urgency of the climate crisis is giving us no time or space to build a secure energy future. and Rapid technological innovation – not […]
Notes for Sunak: Energy Transition Risk Vs. Climate Change Risk
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Many nations face a slow-motion fiscal crisis because of demographics. To be more specific, politicians last century created welfare states and social-insurance systems that take money from workers in order to provide pensions and health care to old people. Those decisions were misguided (compared to market-based approaches), but the math sort of worked. After all, […]
Demographic Doom and the Welfare State
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Despite the Act of Settlement of 1701, which placed the succession to the throne on Princess-Electress Sofie of Hanover, there were those in England and France who whished that Prince James would succeed Queen Anne if he would convert to the Protestant faith. Between August and September 1710, Queen Anne appointed a new Tory administration […]
September 16, 1701: Prince James, the Prince of Wales claims the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. Part II.
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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