My @NZHerald op-ed on petrol prices and competition

23 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice

Paywalled at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12260923

Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway

23 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, energy economics, growth disasters, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, war and peace 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: , ,

Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7

22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, economics of religion, Public Choice, war and peace 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

@NZComCom’s petrol pricing report is an ode to the structure-conduct-performance (SCP) paradigm of decades and decades gone by

21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Armen Alchian, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, Ronald Coase Tags:

Despite itself, @nzcomcom reveals rampant secret price discounting in the petrol cartel/oligopoly

21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: , ,

Q+A with Sir Roger Douglas

20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, labour economics, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, welfare reform Tags:

The Psychology of Victim Group Rights | Psychiatrist Anthony Daniels

20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

Lee Ohanian: Hoover, Roosevelt and the Great Depression

19 Aug 2019 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, great depression, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, Public Choice Tags:

Acemoglu and Robinson on inclusive institutions and American exceptionalism

18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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#OTD 1946 “Animal Farm” is published

18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice

Scalia on abortion clinic buffer zones

17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: ,

Acemoglu and Robinson on comparative economic development

17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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

The risks of doing business in 1990s Russia

14 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: , ,

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