Michael Shellenberger, Bjorn Lomborg, and the Pro-Human Environmental Movement
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in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left
Jason Brennan and Larry Temkin on Capitalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, health and safety, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Joseph Schumpeter, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, survivor principle, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: capitalism and freedom
Bryan Caplan on Marxism, Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle
The Abandoned Hill With Two Members Of Parliament
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British history, British politics
The Risky Paleo Diets of Our Ancestors
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in health economics Tags: food snobs
British Runner (World War I)
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
German-Polish Proxy War In Silesia – French Troops On The Rhine I THE GREAT WAR 1920
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
“5 Years To Climate Breakdown”: How to generate computer model scares
11 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
Credit: nationalreview.com
Climate models are too unreliable to be any serious guide to the future, as the author points out. But getting decision makers to understand that is near-impossible in many countries, hence the acceptance of alarmist nonsense.
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Shock, horror: According to the WMO and the Met Office, there is a 3% chance of the forthcoming five-year global temperature average exceeding 1.5°C, says Dr. David Whitehouse @ The GWPF.
There are several definitions of hustle. One of them is to use forceful actions to promote an action or point of view.
It’s everywhere of course and in all aspects of climate change. It’s all too apparent when scientists want grants, jobs and headlines.
It’s no new discovery that combining hustle with statistics can get you anywhere.
The recently released news from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), prepared by the UK Met Office, that there is a…
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Unhinged #COVID19 quarantine border enforcement is purely for political theatre
11 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia Tags: economics of pandemics, expressive voting
Flak towers: then and now
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The construction of Flaktürme (Flak towers) in major cities began in response to the first bombs falling on Berlin in August 1940. Flak tower complexes consisted of a G-Tower (Gefechtsturm, Combat tower) and an L-Tower (Leitturm, Lead tower). In total eight of these complexes were completed: in Berlin (3), Hamburg (2) and Vienna (3). Another 14 were planned, potentially extending coverage to Bremen and Munich, and increasing the defences in Berlin and Hamburg, but none of these were begun. While the towers in Berlin have been drastically reduced in stature due to post-war demilitarisation, those in Hamburg and Vienna still dominate the cityscapes, standing out against their surroundings. That several of the towers still stand today, and those which have been destroyed required enormous amounts of explosives post-WWII, bears testimony to their amazing strength as air raid shelters. However, their use as armed defences is questionable. Were they actually expensive…
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Smelly Facts About London’s The Great Stink of 1858
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in economic history, health economics, public economics Tags: British history, London, The Great Escape
Gender socially constructed; parents can’t make kids say please, thank you despite 24/7 access for 20 years
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in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: behavioral genetics, child psychology, evolutionary psychology, personality psychology
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