An old issue is in the news
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics
Richard Epstein, “The Coming Meltdown in Labor Relations”
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in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, gender, health and safety, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, survivor principle, unions Tags: affirmative, employment law, racial discrimination, sex discrimination, union power, union wage premium
MALDIVES To Open Four New ‘Underwater’ Airports In 2020
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Funadhoo Airport set to open on February 1 | Corporate Maldives
“Action must be powerful and wide-ranging.
After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment.
It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will.
Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it.
We need to dismantle them all.”
–– GretaThunberg™️
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Hat tip @yota_berlin
IN 1988, environmental ‘authorities’ and the United Nations predicted that the Maldives’ 1,196 islands would be underwater by 2018.
‘Sea level is threatening to completely cover’ Maldives’ 1,196 islands within 30 years…
Missed It By That Much | Real Climate Science
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TWO years on from the drowning of the Maldives, the situation is dire…
Maldives to open four new airports in 2020 – Maldives Insider
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ALARMISM PAYS
THE Maldivian government, along with other “disappearing” (cash-strapped) coral island nations have a well…
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It is not easy to agree on what is green! @Greens @NZGreens @mfe_news @greenpeaceusa
02 Mar 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, financial economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking
From Fossil Fuel Divestment: A Costly and Ineffective Investment Strategy by Daniel R. Fischel (2014)
On reading the official pandemic plan
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
I’ve been dipping into the official New Zealand Pandemic Action Plan – all 193 pages of it – a bit in the last few days. The document has evolved over the years and now describes itself as
This edition of the New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan reflects the sophistication of a third generation, risk-based plan that promotes collaboration across all levels of government, agencies and organisations when planning for, responding to and recovery form a pandemic event.
and
Pandemics by their nature are unpredictable in terms of timing, severity and the population groups that are most affected. This version of the New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan establishes a framework for action that can readily be adopted and applied to any pandemic, irrespective of the nature of the virus and its severity.
It isn’t really clear what status the document has at present. It was finalised late in the term…
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@ReserveBankofNZ views on Maori values and the long term view has poor anthropological support?!
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: monetary policy
The Freikorps Marches On Berlin – The Kapp Putsch I THE GREAT WAR 1920
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
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Even more bond market fraud by climate alarmists @Greens @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @Greenpeaceusa
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Lost on @NZHumanRights @Greens @NZGreens
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in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The fatal conceit
It is not easy being a Green investor @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @Greenpeace
02 Mar 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, expressive voting, passive investing, pessimism bias, rational irrationality, The fatal conceit, virtue signaling
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