A note for anti-science left especially given its embrace of climate science denial. Previously hollowed consensus isn’t pessimistic enough to justify the Green New Deal

13 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , ,

Rent control is back in favour in @nzlabour @NZGreens

11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Acemoglu and Robinson do their best at blaming colonialism for Africa’s woes. Made the terrible preexisting institutions worse?

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

Lessons from Africa

04 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: , ,

@AOC @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn

02 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

Gordon Tullock on voting with your feet

28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Federalism and transitional economies

28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Gordon Tullock on the purpose of government

26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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The Chinese and Russian transitions explained

24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

Was @BernieSanders the last useful idiot to make a pilgrimage to the USSR?

22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, health economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: , ,

My @NZGreens’ proposed Parliamentary Budget Office is more Machiavellian than meets the eye @DomPost op-ed

22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags:

From http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/115164875/greens-proposed-parliamentary-budget-office-is-more-machiavellian-than-meets-the-eye?cid=app-android

Acemoglu and Robinson on inclusive institutions and American exceptionalism

18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Acemoglu and Robinson on comparative economic development

17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism”

12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

Acemoglu and Robinson on the futility of foreign aid from Why Nations Fail

12 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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