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Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Wrong Answer on civil rihhts
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But Castro made healthcare so good in Cuba
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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
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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?
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How Kim Jong-un Gets His $500,000 Mercedes | Visual Investigations @nytimes
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Ten Minute History – Westward Expansion and the American Civil War
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Heavy plastic bags and paper bags offset @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
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Friedman Fundamentals: What We Learned About 70% Tax Rates 50 Years Ago
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The Giant Underground Tunnels Protecting Tokyo From Floods
15 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Japan
The drugs don’t work: a global antibiotics crisis
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Steven Pinker – “Enlightenment Now…” | Talks at Google
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When a Spaniard moved to backward Minnesota
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Marijuana prohibition is racist and criminal, harms kids, and ruins lives | Johann Hari @nzdrug
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of crime, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: marijuana decrimilization, unintended consequences
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