When a plague of aid and NGO professionals descended upon Afghanistan

22 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

Source: Why Nations Fail.

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Corruption in driver’s licenses

21 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice, transport economics Tags: ,

Corruption and Parking Tickets

20 Jan 2018 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice Tags:

William Easterly and Dambisa Moyo: Emerging economies in 2013

20 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

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Hawaiian civil defence seems to have room for improvement

17 Jan 2018 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy

Africa Needs Jobs, Not Aid

17 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

Jagdish Bhagwati Reveals the Problem With Foreign Aid

15 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

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Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35

14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , ,

Interesting but flawed. The age of empires was prior to the industrial revolution.

Sam Peltzman on Teacher’s Unions

07 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: What Have We Learned from the Failure of British Socialism?

24 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, Public Choice Tags: ,

Tyler Cowen spot on about the words evidence-based; my views precisely

17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice

From http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/12/seven-forbidden-words.html

 

Murphy’s law of economic policy

12 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

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

Yes, Minister – The Six Diplomatic Options

04 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

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

Miss Sloane Official Trailer – Teaser (2016) – Worth watching

26 Nov 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, movies, Public Choice

The climate alarmist gravy train

24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment

Source: Tol, Richard S J (2017) The structure of the climate debate. Energy Policy, 104. pp. 431-438. 

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