Thomas Sowell – Preferential Policies (Fascinating 1990 Interview)
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: racial discrimination, Thomas Sowell
Coup-Proofing, Military Defection, and the Arab Spring: (Tullock Vindicated!)
17 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags: Arab Spring, economics of revolutions, Gordon Tullock, military coups
Note to a jetlagged @jamespeshaw from William Nordhous
16 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate activists, free riding, game theory

Was the Space Shuttle Doomed From the Beginning?
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags: space
Thomas Sowell on Wealth Creation, Human Capital & Colonialism
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, Roman empire, Thomas Sowell
What makes countries rich or poor?
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape
What Is France’s ‘Gilets Jaunes’ or ‘Yellow Vests’ Protest Movement?
08 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, fiscal policy, income redistribution, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: France
Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
04 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Thomas Sowell
More for light rail enthusiasts @PhilTwyford @JulieAnneGenter @TaxpayersUnion
28 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

My @DomPost op-ed on @NZTreasury fat cats
27 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
What Have We Learned from the Collapse of Communism? by Peter Boettke
26 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism
Bertrand Russell on his meeting with Vladimir Lenin in 1920: (absolutely brilliant commentary on bolsheviks)
23 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Russian revolution





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