Jamie Whyte comments on lifestyle regulations at The Health of the State debate
03 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
Brennan and Buchanan explain modern monetary theory in The Power to Tax (1980)
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.@ProfDBernstein on Posner on racial discrimination by minority businesses in hiring
02 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, Richard Posner, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: affirmative action, job search, labour market search, racial discrimination

Sinclair Davidson on privatisation
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: /, privatisation
Sadly, wokeness to a tee
02 Jan 2020 1 Comment
in economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination

New Year surprise for @AOC @SenSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @OxfamNZ @GreenpeaceAP
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

How would @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @Greenpeace @oxfamnz @jeremycorbyn @amnestynz @Greens @NZGreens have answered?
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Kydland on the Great Recession and fiscal sentiment
01 Jan 2020 3 Comments
in budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, great recession, income redistribution, macroeconomics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: rational expectations, real business cycles

Tax multipliers are big
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in budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply

Woke @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @Amnesty @GreenpeaceAP
01 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, health economics, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, World War II




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