
The beauty premium
22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice Tags: beauty premium

The Myth of the Rational Voter | Bryan Caplan & Will Wilkinson
22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, Public Choice, public economics Tags: rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Paul Krugman on virtue signaling over sweatshop labour in export industries in poor countries
21 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: child labour, The Great Escape
More than meets the eye here if a mother who had 3 kids taken into care is @Dompost’s most media friendly case study of institutional racism and an enduring legacy of colonisation
20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: child abuse

The Forbidden History of Unpopular People
20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech, political correctness
Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Wrong Answer on civil rihhts
20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein Tags: racial discrimination

From https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/24/rand-paul-rachel-maddow-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html
But Castro made healthcare so good in Cuba
19 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice

From Dictator’s Handbook
@ProfSteveKeen 15(?) years of erroneous forecasts of an Oz recession. 1st home grants warded off Minsky recession for 10 years!
19 Jul 2019 4 Comments
in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: forecasting errors, Post-Keynesian macroeconomics

Epstein on Segregation and Exploitation in the Old South
18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of federalism, racial discrimination
How Did the Practice of Pricing Fuel with 9/10th of a Penny Get Started?
18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, energy economics, entrepreneurship, great depression, Public Choice, public economics, transport economics



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