
Piketty’s class war was based on measurement error
06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, income redistribution, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics
The ‘Negativity Effect’ Leads to Bad Journalism, Big Government, and Busted Relationships
06 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, gender, health and safety, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: pessimism bias
Black Americans Failed by Good Intentions: An Interview with Jason Riley
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Empty #globalwarming #climateemergency international pledges @Greens @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @greenpeaceusa @BernieSanders @SenWarren @AOC
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmists, pessimism bias

Ross McKitrick explains carbon taxes and cap & trade
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: cap and trade
Stossel: End Racial Preferences at Colleges?
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Is @BernieSanders A Democratic Socialist? Or Just a Socialist?
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election
Class war cancelled @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @jeremycorbyn
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: tax havens

Acemoglu on how democracy came to America
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of Enlightenment, economics of colonialism

Richard Epstein, “The Coming Meltdown in Labor Relations”
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, gender, health and safety, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, survivor principle, unions Tags: affirmative, employment law, racial discrimination, sex discrimination, union power, union wage premium
Lost on @NZHumanRights @Greens @NZGreens
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The fatal conceit

The Feel-Good Folly of Fossil-Fuel Divestment! @TaxpayersUnion
01 Mar 2020 1 Comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: active investing, climate alarmists, efficient markets hypothesis, passive investing, pessimism bias




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