A fact-checked debate about legal weed
08 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition, marijuana decriminalization
Milton Friedman on Donahue #2
03 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment
Uncancelled History | EP. 02 Colonialism
26 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Ladies and Gentlemen, your Prime Minister
12 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Thomas Sowell – Production, Inequality and Human Capital
16 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, monetary economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell Tags: racial discrimination
Thomas Sowell – The Real World Effects of Preferential Policies
12 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell Tags: affirmative action, offsetting behaviour, racial discrimination, unintended consequences
I Annoyed a mercantilist
06 Jul 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics Tags: free trade, free trade agreements, tariffs

Beware of fish-hooks in free trade deals
05 Jul 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, income redistribution, international economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: customs unions, tariffs, trade diversion, trade negotiations
What Actually Happened Right After The Soviet Union Collapsed
14 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, theory of the firm, unemployment Tags: fall of communism
David Friedman: Law, Economics and Liberty
18 May 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Handouts for the well to do of tommorow
10 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of education, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: College premium, education premium, regressive left

Planet Normal: Race report author Dr Tony Sewell on attempts to discredit his findings on race relations
19 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: racial discrimination
Trade creation and trade diversion for NZ lamb imports into the UK
14 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: free trade agreements, preferential trade agreements, trade creation, trade diversion
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