Ross McKitrick explains carbon taxes and cap & trade
05 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: cap and trade
Antidiscrimination conundrum for the Left
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: antidiscrimination laws, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unexpected consequences

Stossel: End Racial Preferences at Colleges?
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of education, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Is @BernieSanders A Democratic Socialist? Or Just a Socialist?
04 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election
Class war cancelled @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @jeremycorbyn
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: tax havens

Acemoglu on how democracy came to America
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of Enlightenment, economics of colonialism

Nanny-in-Chief
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2020 presidential election, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
Richard Epstein, “The Coming Meltdown in Labor Relations”
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, gender, health and safety, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, survivor principle, unions Tags: affirmative, employment law, racial discrimination, sex discrimination, union power, union wage premium
It is not easy to agree on what is green! @Greens @NZGreens @mfe_news @greenpeaceusa
02 Mar 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, financial economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking

From Fossil Fuel Divestment: A Costly and Ineffective Investment Strategy by Daniel R. Fischel (2014)
@ReserveBankofNZ views on Maori values and the long term view has poor anthropological support?!
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: monetary policy

Even more bond market fraud by climate alarmists @Greens @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @Greenpeaceusa
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: climate alarmists

Lost on @NZHumanRights @Greens @NZGreens
02 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The fatal conceit

It is not easy being a Green investor @NZGreens @jamespeshaw @mfe_news @Greenpeace
02 Mar 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, expressive voting, passive investing, pessimism bias, rational irrationality, The fatal conceit, virtue signaling



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