Free To Choose 1980 – The Power of the Market – Hong Kong
14 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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Top economists still dewy eyed about deposit insurance despite its role in #GFC, S&L crisis, and bank capital ratios halving after its introduction in 1930s
11 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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From http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/european-deposit-insurance
Peltzman spelled out in his 1970 article “Capital Investment in Commercial Banking and Its Relation to Portfolio Regulation”
that banks capital ratios dropped significantly in the US after the introduction of deposit insurance.
Benito Mussolini Biography: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy
11 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, income redistribution, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: fascism, Italy
Margaret Thatcher’s Memorable Remarks: A Video Mash-up | The New York Times
09 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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Economics of climate change innovation | @BjornLomborg
09 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, fisheries economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags: child poverty, family poverty, racial discrimination
True tax is love is a low top marginal income tax rate
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply

The Truth Is Worth It: Fearlessness | @nytimes
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in David Friedman, defence economics, economics of crime, International law, laws of war, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: war against terror
North Korea – All the dictator’s men | DW Documentary on office 39
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, International law, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of autocracy, North Korea
Rowan Atkinson on Freedom of Speech
05 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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Cost-Effective Approaches to Save the Environment, with Bjorn Lomborg
05 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism



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