David D. Friedman – The Externality problem: Population, Climate, Pandemic

19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, development economics, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, population economics, property rights, Public Choice

What should be done about the Reserve Bank?

19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags:

Monday’s post was on the important place effective accountability must have when government agencies are given great discretionary power which – as is in the nature of any human institutions – they will at times exercise poorly. My particular focus is on the Reserve Bank, both because it is what I know best, because it […]

What should be done about the Reserve Bank?

Ireland’s Corporate Tax and the Laffer Curve

19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags:

About 15 years ago, I narrated a three-part series on the Laffer Curve. Here’s Part II, which looks at real-world evidence. About halfway through the video (3:15-3:55), I discuss what happened when Ireland dramatically lowered its corporate tax rate. The net result was an increase in tax revenue. But not just by a small amount. […]

Ireland’s Corporate Tax and the Laffer Curve

More “Social Justice Fallacies,” with Thomas Sowell | Uncommon Knowledge

29 Sep 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell, unemployment Tags: ,

ECB Monetary Policy Conference – 20 October 2020: John Cochrane

25 Sep 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice

Who booed when the wall fell

15 Aug 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: , ,

Why wasn’t there a Scramble for Australia?

28 Jul 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, international economic law, International law, Public Choice Tags: , ,

The risk the Greens’ wealth tax poses to our economy

21 Jul 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: ,

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300932454/the-risk-the-greens-wealth-tax-poses-to-our-economy

How Congress Gets Rich from Insider Trading

13 Jun 2023 Leave a comment

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

Why was Churchill voted out of office after WW2?

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, income redistribution, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: , ,

In Conversation with Dr David D. Friedman 2023

16 May 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, law and economics, Murray Rothbard, Public Choice

Why did England restore its Monarchy after its Civil War?

11 May 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of religion, Public Choice Tags:

A fact-checked debate about legal weed

08 Mar 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ,

Future of Freedom debate 1977 — David Friedman v. Tom Hayden

15 Feb 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, history of economic thought, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags:

The roots of the Federal Reserve Murray Rothbard

01 Feb 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Austrian economics, business cycles, economic history, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Murray Rothbard, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

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