Richard Posner – WikiLeaks as a net plus to American foreign policy
15 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of information, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, Richard Posner Tags: espionage, law and order
Writing to @CarmelSepuloni to confirm whether this is true
14 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, Public Choice


Alastair Smith – The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
12 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: autocracy
Hamas: By the Numbers
10 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, International law, laws of war, Public Choice, rentseeking, Uncategorized, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Hamas, regressive left
Last economist leaving @NZTreasury did turn out the lights; didn’t click to the American Question: if you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?
07 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, financial economics, personnel economics

Source: From Treasury email
From The Limits of Expertise: If you’re So Smart, Why ain’t You Rich? – SFU by Deirdre McCloskey.
Bruce Caldwell – The Road to Serfdom
07 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, F.A. Hayek, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: economics of central planning
My @NZHerald op-ed: unilateral climate action isn’t the next best thing @jamespeshaw
06 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, international economic law, International law, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, game theory
Nancy MacLean: The GOP’s Long Game |also #OTD 3rd US libertarian elected (a town mayor)
05 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, James Buchanan, James Buchanan, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: conspiracy theories, regressive left
James Buchanan couldn’t lead a political revolution because he was such a dry writer and boring speaker.
Ronald Radosh – Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left
04 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of media and culture, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: regressive left
The Pioneer Probes Are Way Off-Course (and NASA doesn’t archive data)
03 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of media and culture, Public Choice Tags: space
What Democrats Don’t Want You To Realize About @SenSanders Healthcare and Obamacare
03 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: health insurance
No Considerations: Doing Business in India Without Bribes
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of corruption
The Tullock Paradox. Why is the rent seeking industry so small?
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, Gordon Tullock, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of corruption
Human progress and how we might blow it (Jonah Goldberg’s “Suicide of the West”)
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left, The Great Enrichment


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