The mistake that toppled the Berlin Wall
17 Jun 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Berlin wall, East Germany, fall of communism, unintended consequences
Steven Pinker: Progress, Despite Everything
17 Jun 2021 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Age of Enlightenment, pessimism bias, regressive left, The Great Fact
A Quarter Century of ‘The Proper Scope of Government’: Theory and Applications | Oliver Hart
09 Jun 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Armen Alchian, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Ronald Coase, survivor principle, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics
Why Biofuels Are Terrible
06 Jun 2021 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ethanol
A Scandinavian U.S. Would Be a Problem for the Global Economy
01 Jun 2021 3 Comments
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, regressive left, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and innovation, taxation and labour supply, taxation and savings
The fatal conceit
22 May 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, F.A. Hayek, growth disasters, history of economic thought, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: China, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities. An Urban Economics Discussion With Ed Glaeser
04 May 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics
Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities: Investing in Startups with Arpit Gupta 4/6/21
02 May 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics Tags: affordable housing, zoning
Jim Brown interview: I disagreed with Martin Luther King Jr. (Surprising)
12 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, welfare reform
The Elusive Quest for Growth | Interview with William Easterly
27 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking
’tis a worry when the Trots at @rentersunited @grogersxyz talk more sense than @NZIER
24 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, taxation and investment

Does @MaramaDavidson seal off most afternoons for her paperwork?
20 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, politics - New Zealand

From https://www.beehive.govt.nz/search?f%5B0%5D=content_type_facet%3Aministerial_diary&f%5B1%5D=ministers%3A6679&f%5B2%5D=government_facet%3A6455 and http://www.beehive.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2021-02/Hon%20Marama%20Davidson%20Proactive%20Diary%20Jan%202021.pdf
Lost on @Greens @NZGreens
20 Mar 2021 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, income redistribution, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell


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