
Matthew Kahn on the mixed messages of mayors to the bond markets and the courts
29 Jul 2018 Leave a comment

More reasons for @jamespeshaw to come clean on cost of #globalwarming to NZ GDP
28 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism

How much of the 5.3% public service gender pay gap in 2015 was compensating differentials?
25 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, gender, politics - New Zealand
Indian Drivers and corruption
22 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: economics of corruption
Ten Minute History – The Russian Revolution
22 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Russian revolution, World War I
Feature History – Polish-Soviet War
21 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, International law, laws of war, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Russian revolution, World War I
Yes Minister — The Five Standard Excuses for government failures
16 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, television
Matthew Kahn on the mixed messages of mayors to the bond markets and the courts
14 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, securities fraud

Stigler explains how intellectuals and consultants ply their policy trade honestly
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, George Stigler, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: consultants, job sorting, public intellectuals

Paul Samuelson (1963) on oil cartel stability and cheating
23 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: cartel theory, OPEC

Groom of the Stool (Worst Jobs in History) in time became an influential courtier
23 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice
How genetically modified mosquitoes could fight malaria #GMO @greenpeace
16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Anti-Science left, GMOs, regressive left
How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition
David Friedman | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: government failure, market failure


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