But @AOC @BernieSanders @oxfam @Greens @NZGreens @Greenpeace don’t care
24 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, pessimism bias, regressive left, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Ireland in the Second World War
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in defence economics, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Ireland, World War II
The Bizarre Market for Old Battleship Steel
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in defence economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation Tags: atomic bomb tests
Why Didn’t the Allies Declare War on the USSR when it Invaded Poland?
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Journey Across a Century of Women
23 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, health and safety, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: female labour force participation, female labour supply, gender wage gap
Feuding with @mfe_news over who is their current Minister! Never try one-up a grumpy old bureaucrat @TaxpayersUnion
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THE NEW MAP: ENERGY, CLIMATE, AND THE CLASH OF NATIONS by Daniel Yergin
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In 1973 due to the Yom Kippur War involving Israel, Egypt and Syria the world found itself caught in the midst of a global energy crisis as the Arab states employed OPEC to impose an oil embargo. The result in the United States was long lines at gas stations, odd and even numbered license plates recognized to allow the purchase of gas, and a retraction of the American economy as oil prices spiraled and along with it the price of gasoline. The US was tied to Saudi Arabia importing between 25-40% of its oil needs. This situation reemerged in 1979 when the Shah of Iran, an American ally was overthrown by Islamists producing another oil crunch. The history of these events and their impact on the world economy were delineated by Daniel Yergin in his Pulitzer Prize winning history of oil, THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY, AND…
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Anti-Hunt Terrorists Have Vehicle Hoisted Off The Ground
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Anti-Hunt diversionists in Great Britain were the subjects of a surprise. According to KentOnline, their vehicle was hoisted off the ground after attempting to disrupt bird hunters. The animal rights hoodlums with the group South Coast Hunt Saboteurs believed the hunt was illegal, but James Attwood, the property owner where hunt took place, denied any such insinuation.
Attwood stated that that not only was the hunt legal but he told the thugs to leave twice in which even tried to instigate a fight with him. He said the Land Rover they used was being driven aggressively and, consequently, Attwood’s employees utilized a crane to lift the thug’s vehicle off the ground to prevent any potential harm.
This is the lack of regard so-called animal rights criminals have, not only for private property rights, but for the lives of others. One of the thugs with South Coast Hunt Saboteurs even…
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Unions vs the Gig Economy
23 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
Americans largely support and benefit from a political/legal environment conducive to individual freedom and active entrepreneurship. However, within that broad consensus, views vary over how large and prescriptive the role of government and mandatory bodies should be. Should only doctors, lawyers, plumbers and hairdressers licensed by the state be allowed to provide their services? Few things capture this difference more clearly and dramatically than whether cab drivers must be employees of the cab company or can work as little or as much as they chose as independent contractors– company employees or gig workers (uber drivers).
Licensed professionals, like union members, can help promote and certify a minimum standard of training and confidence. But historically they have also sheltered their members from competition. Unions provide a number of services to their members, but their overriding purpose is to confront employers with a united front from workers on wages and working conditions…
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Alaska Airlines Great American Eclipse flight #9671
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in transport economics Tags: moon
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