Failed states
15 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, Public Choice, rentseeking
Jagdish Bhagwati Reveals the Problem With Foreign Aid
15 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid
Why institutions matter, not geography
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, Public Choice
Source: Why Nations Fail.
James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at Google
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, The Great Enrichment
Daron Acemoglu and development economics
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism
Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Interesting but flawed. The age of empires was prior to the industrial revolution.
Life behind the Berlin Wall | The Economist
14 Jan 2018 1 Comment
in economic history, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: East Germany
US-Mexico border wall faces tough Texas terrain
13 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of borders, economics of immigration, illegal immigration
Mr. 10% in times of natural disasters
11 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of natural disasters, Public Choice
Source: The Dictator’s Handbook.
How much do US state legislature members get paid?
10 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, politics - USA, Public Choice
Source: Ballotpedia at https://ballotpedia.org/Comparison_of_state_legislative_salaries
Note: the amounts below $1000 are expenses for daily attendance. Lower house pay is used.
Which countries have a straight road to the airport?
10 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, Public Choice, transport economics
Source: The Dictators Handbook.
Dictators don’t like roads
10 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, Public Choice
Source: The Dictator’s Handbook.
Sam Peltzman on Teacher’s Unions
07 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: teachers unions
How does @MontPelerinSoc rule the world from such a crappy website?
06 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, Public Choice, rentseeking
You would think the global ringmaster of the neoliberal conspiracy would scrape off enough labour surplus to have a decent website. How are its minions to know want to do in this age of social media if they cannot even download the papers delivered at recent meetings?
Mind you, in Australia, the local ringmaster of the vast Mont Pelerin conspiracy that ruled the roost in public policy making in Canberra in the 1980s, which John Quiggin outed as the Centre for Independent Studies, did not have a full time staff member until about 1979: Greg Lindsey. Their 1st office opened above Uncle Pete’s Toys in St Leonards in 1980.
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