Why Tax Rates Matter More Than Taxes
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
An In-Depth Interview with @Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam and the Defense of Western Civilization
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in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of religion, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, occupational choice, property rights, Public Choice Tags: Age of Enlightenment
Is Climate Change a Real Threat? – @RossMcKitrick
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in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmists, pessimism bias
David Friedman and George Shultz – The Soviets, Negotiation and the Pentecostals
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in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of religion, international economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism
Policy Briefs: John Cochrane on Why a Complicated Tax Code Leads to Negative Outcomes
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How Donald Trump Won The White House: Jonathan Pie’s American Pie
17 Dec 2019 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, unemployment Tags: 2016 presidential election, 2020 presidential election, economics of immigration, political correctness, regressive left
Must-Watch Video From Reason TV on How Free Markets – not Obamacare – Can Solve the Healthcare Mess
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in health economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: health insurance
When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system.
For all intents and purposes, they think the United States relies on the free market and that government (at least in the pre-Obamacare era) was largely absent.
When explaining how government has screwed up private health insurance, I talk about third-party payer and how genuinely private insurance works for home ownership and automobiles. And I cite examples of genuine free markets for cosmetic surgery and even (regardless of your views) abortion.
But from now on, I think I will simply tell people to watch this superb video…
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Can you be a prisoner of a prison that was closed and you refuse to leave
16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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