Thomas Piketty finally made a positive contribution to public policy debates

06 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, income redistribution, poverty and inequality, Public Choice

From http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Piketty2018.pdf

Does @NZTreasury use disaggregated staff turnover rates to set pay? @TaxpayersUnion @EricCrampton

06 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand

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.@NZTreasury does not use staff turnover & retention rates & going rates to set pay @TaxpayersUnion @EricCrampton

06 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand

The average pay for an economist is about $80,000; the average pay for a sociology graduate is $60,000 according to the Careers New Zealand advice on your salary prospects for various degrees over a career.

Obviously going down market for graduates has not saved the taxpayer a single cent because they pay economists the same as non-economists despite it being easier to recruit an equally smart non-economists for less pay because they have fewer well-paid options in the rest of the labour market. It never occurred to the Treasury that changing the mix of their recruitment pool might save money!

Edward C Prescott on the EU, business cycles and European economic research

04 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, international economic law, international economics, macroeconomics, Public Choice Tags:

Would Socialism Better Our Lives?

03 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: ,

Would Socialism Better Our Lives? https://nyti.ms/2MFC2v8

Good point for @jeremycorbyn to answer

03 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, Public Choice, television Tags: ,

Antonin Scalia – On American Exceptionalism

03 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: ,

Chomsky on the Soviet Union as a dungeon with social services @K_Niemietz

02 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, International law, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags:

Why obvious lies make great propaganda

02 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags:

Can you really fight corruption? | The Economist

02 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

Has real socialism ever been tried?

31 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: ,

Debates With Strawmen: Nazis Vs Commies

31 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags:

Strong #Uber critic @SenSanders uses @Uber all the time

30 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of regulation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , , ,

Hollywood Stars In Communist Activities (1947)

29 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, movies, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags:

Does the Paris climate treaty require anyone to do anything?

29 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, international economic law, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags:

From Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris https://nyti.ms/21X15IW

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