Stigler explains how intellectuals and consultants ply their policy trade honestly

28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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: , ,

Paul Samuelson (1963) on oil cartel stability and cheating

23 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: ,

Groom of the Stool (Worst Jobs in History) in time became an influential courtier

23 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice

How genetically modified mosquitoes could fight malaria #GMO @greenpeace

16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , ,

How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act

09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

David Friedman | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union

05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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: ,

How Big Government Backed Bad Science and Made Americans Fat

26 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: , , ,

Why was the post office so unpopular back when it delivered three, four times a day?

24 May 2018 Leave a comment

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“Gorbachev: His Life and Times”: Conversation with Professors William Taubman and Pavel Machala

19 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags:

Uber and the Great Taxicab Collapse

12 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ,

George Stigler doesn’t think much of the influence over economists over public policy

11 May 2018 Leave a comment

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My favourite Brad Delong quote for #Marx200 #Marx2018 @SenSanders

09 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice

From http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/TCEH/Slouch_Soviet26.html

BE FEARED | The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

09 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags:

Milan Vaishnav | When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics

07 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

Was Karl Marx right? | The Economist

05 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, business cycles, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags:

From Paul Samuelson’s essay on marxist economics

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