Rand Paul: End America’s War’s
30 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Iraq war, Syrian Civil War, war against terror, War in Afghanistan
P.T. Bauer (1959) on the Permit Raj at its most bizarre and cruel
28 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, growth disasters, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Milton Friedman, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: India

Bodyguard reveals lifestyle of Fidel Castro – Newsnight archives
28 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Castro, Cuba
The World’s Oldest International Borders
28 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, international economic law, International law, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of borders, maps
Richard Posner on public intellectuals
26 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, history of economic thought, human capital, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, Richard Posner Tags: fall of communism, useful idiots

Why the spike? Can’t get time off work for interview at WINZ office for the 12-month unemployment benefit reassessment?
25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, welfare reform
Saez and Zucman are rather blase about the impact of wealth taxes on innovation. Encourage innovation then tax away succesful innovators!
25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, endogenous growth theory, envy, superstars, top 1%, wealth taxes

Gender wage gap is bugger all after adjusting for motherhood penalty @women_nz @JulieAnneGenter
25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

James Heckman on racial wage gaps and racial discrimination by employers
23 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

A Conversation with George P. Shultz and David D. Friedman
22 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Ronald Reagan
So @mfe-news hasn’t got a jot of in-house information on the climate treaty risks of leading by example
21 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice

The dangers of wokeness
20 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left




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