
Thomas Sowell on losing his religion
28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: The fatal conceit

Murray Rothbard on who gains from statistics
28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation
Steven Pinker on Mao’s Great Leap
28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, The Great Escape

@NZComCom has a very 1960s view of competition and new entry too
28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: competition law

Sam Peltzman asks how many people @US_FDA @minhealthnz #medsafe killed today?
27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice
Democracy in action is about access and influence
24 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bribery and corruption

Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Wrong Answer on civil rihhts
20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein Tags: racial discrimination

From https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/24/rand-paul-rachel-maddow-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html
@ProfSteveKeen 15(?) years of erroneous forecasts of an Oz recession. 1st home grants warded off Minsky recession for 10 years!
19 Jul 2019 4 Comments
in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: forecasting errors, Post-Keynesian macroeconomics

The Giant Underground Tunnels Protecting Tokyo From Floods
15 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Japan
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, health economics, income redistribution, international economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: 2020 presidential election





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