Tullock Lecture: Deirdre McCloskey

22 Jul 2021 Leave a comment

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Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History

21 Jul 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of crime, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

Thomas Sowell “Discrimination and Disparities” Interview on Critical Race Theory

19 Jul 2021 Leave a comment

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Housing unaffordability

05 Jul 2021 Leave a comment

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Edward Glaeser: The Urban Century – An Urban World

26 Jun 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, health economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics

Gordon Tullock on the accidental Korean economic miracle

20 Jun 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

From https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=FKDwntn7fwAC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=gordon+tullock+park+korea&source=bl&ots=DYpxLizASz&sig=ACfU3U1fS2nFte2jtEu1JWUwPL4oQzhrPQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJvuK5g6bxAhWpyzgGHX6KCaAQ6AEwFHoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=gordon%20tullock%20park%20korea&f=false

James Q. Wilson Lecture 2020: The Survival of Cities

20 Jun 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics

A Quarter Century of ‘The Proper Scope of Government’: Theory and Applications | Oliver Hart

09 Jun 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

The Elusive Quest for Growth | Interview with William Easterly

27 Mar 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose 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

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Lost on @Greens @NZGreens

20 Mar 2021 1 Comment

by Jim Rose 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

Did the USSR Have Millionaires?

18 Mar 2021 Leave a comment

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Batista: Cuba’s Military Dictator

10 Mar 2021 Leave a comment

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1948 DNC: Truman’s Democrats Tackle Civil Rights

08 Mar 2021 Leave a comment

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