
Today’s rich are a working rich says an unimpeachable source
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

George Stigler Can regulatory agencies protect the consumer? (1971)
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, George Stigler, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle
.@mfe_news advised @jamespeshaw that a net zero carbon economy will cut annual GDP growth by 1/10 or more. Is that a 4% reduction in GDP by 2050?
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, resource economics Tags: climate alarmism

Mandela’s legacy: 25 years on | The Economist
28 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, income redistribution, law and economics, Marxist economics, political change, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: apartheid, South Africa
David D. Friedman With some thoughts on his new book
24 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, libertarianism, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: economics of anarchy
David D. Friedman | Market failure
22 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, Gordon Tullock, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, law and economics, personnel economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: market failure
The struggles for independence and the impact of redrawing borders | The Economist
19 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: economics of borders, economics of colonialism, economics of succession, maps
Benito Mussolini Biography: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy
11 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, income redistribution, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: fascism, Italy
Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: child poverty, family poverty, racial discrimination
True tax is love is a low top marginal income tax rate
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply

Milton Friedman – Socialism vs. Capitalism
26 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment



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