
Despite itself, @nzcomcom reveals rampant secret price discounting in the petrol cartel/oligopoly
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: cartel enforcement, cartel theory, competition law

The Psychology of Victim Group Rights | Psychiatrist Anthony Daniels
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: political correctness
Acemoglu and Robinson on inclusive institutions and American exceptionalism
18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

#OTD 1946 “Animal Farm” is published
18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice

Acemoglu and Robinson on comparative economic development
17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism

The risks of doing business in 1990s Russia
14 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: bribery and corruption, fall of communism, transitional economies

Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism”
12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism, political correctness
Blind recruitment is sexist and shockingly racist @NZHumanRights @NZTreasury
12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in behavioural economics, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination, The fatal conceit

Acemoglu and Robinson on the futility of foreign aid from Why Nations Fail
12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ODA, The fatal conceit

The Case for Colonialism with Dr. Bruce Gilley
11 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism
Why Nations Fail. Keynote Address by James Robinson
11 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, war and peace Tags: autocracy, The Great Enrichment
The hilarious freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs | Steven Levitt
09 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, financial economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: war on drugs
Japanese courts must be as boring as Richard Epstein wanted in a good legal system
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, Richard Epstein

From Second-Best Justice: The Virtues of Japanese Private Law By J. Mark Ramseyer


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