To Beat the Trade War, Companies Get Creative Breaking the Rules @WSJ
17 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: free trade, protectionism
Groom of the Stool (Worst Jobs in History)
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking
The toll of a capital gains tax on entrepreneurship and innovation is far greater than previously thought @TaxpayersUnion
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, technological progress Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment
Stigler on Galbraith’s 1977 TV series episode on colonialism
14 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of colonialism
Why a far-right candidate easily put an end to 13 years of corrupt left wing rule in Brazil
13 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: Brazil
Is it Humane to be a Socialist?
13 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, history of economic thought, income redistribution, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment
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
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