How Politicians Can Use Big Data to Win Elections
12 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice
Ben Shapiro on Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Hillary
11 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, industrial organisation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: 2016 presidential election
Stossel: Socialism Fails Every Time
10 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Cuba, fall of communism
Crony Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Chang-Tai Hsieh
09 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: China
William Nordhaus: The Economics of Climate Change
09 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice
.@NZGreens are for net neutrality so it must be a bad idea. Easy policy shortcut?
07 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: net neutrality

James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at @Google
06 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape
Dictator’s Handbook: Batista and Castro compared
05 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: autocracy, Cuba, fall of communism

Reply of @NZTreasury to my Privacy Act request for a statement of correction to be attached to incorrect personal information
04 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice

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Canada does not have many rusted on voters; their elections can be rather one-sided even for first past the post
02 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, Public Choice

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How JFK’s Clever TV Strategies Helped Him Win the Election
02 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, Public Choice, television
The left has stopped eulogizing Venezuela
30 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, growth disasters, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, minimum wage, Public Choice Tags: regressive left

Why Nations Fail: Daron Acemoglu interview | The Economist
29 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, international economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Daron Acemoglu


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