
Japanese courts must be as boring as Richard Epstein wanted in a good legal system
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, Richard Epstein

From Second-Best Justice: The Virtues of Japanese Private Law By J. Mark Ramseyer
How many cultures had an Age of Enlightenment? Fought a war to end slavery?
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, war and peace Tags: Age of Enlightenment, American Civil War

Richard Epstein wants the courts to be boring and predictable
08 Aug 2019 1 Comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein Tags: The fatal conceit

Richard Epstein on Maori sovereignty
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: Maori economic development

Caldwell on Hayek and the high school libertarians
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in F.A. Hayek, liberalism, libertarianism, Public Choice Tags: The fatal conceit

James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at Google
08 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: autocracy
JS Mill on free speech
06 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of information, economics of religion, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech

The Middle East’s cold war, explained 2017
06 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of religion, international economics, International law, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Iran, Iraq, Middle-East politics
Daron Acemoglu discusses “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty”
06 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: age of empires, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism, imperialism
Oscar Wilde on the @DemSocialists of America #DSACon19
05 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, politics - USA

The predictable consequence of unleashing do-gooders in least developed countries
04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bribery and corruption, do gooders, Labour standards, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html
Interesting referendum
04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: conscription, Switzerland

Piketty’s best work was on the emergence of a working rich
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: superstars, top 1%

@PaulKrugman explains #TPPANoWay
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, health economics, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: patents and copyright, preferential trade agreements

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