10 Crazy Ways Prohibition Influenced America
11 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition, offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
Day 10 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: 4th and 5th thick plastic bag
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state

Chad Jones is a trouble maker on top tax rates @paulkrugman
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: creative destruction, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

Brendan O’Neill spot on on the lack of insight of the regressive left on risks to them of hate speech laws
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, Public Choice Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left

Chad Jones’ awkward remarks on top tax rates and innovation spillovers
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

@AOC Isn’t Crazy, She’s Immoral @BenShapiro
08 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: regressive left
The Injustice of Corporate Welfare
06 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, sports economics, survivor principle Tags: industry policy, picking winners
Gender gaps are conclusive evidence that Sweden is a sexist hellhole
05 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, gender, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: gender wage gap, glass ceiling

Deirdre McCloskey on Adam Smith
03 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, history of economic thought, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: Deidre McCloskey
Why It’s Illegal to Resign from the British House of Commons
03 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, Public Choice Tags: British politics
The Irish Potato Famine (1845–1852)
03 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, International law, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British history, Ireland
Philip Payton Jr.: The Crusading Capitalist Who Outwitted New York’s Racist Landlords
02 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: racial discrimination

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