Stossel: End Racial Preferences at Colleges?

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Is @BernieSanders A Democratic Socialist? Or Just a Socialist?

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Acemoglu on how democracy came to America

03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Posner on affirmative action

03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Richard Epstein, “The Coming Meltdown in Labor Relations”

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It is not easy to agree on what is green! @Greens @NZGreens @mfe_news @greenpeaceusa

02 Mar 2020 1 Comment

by Jim Rose 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

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Lost on @NZHumanRights @Greens @NZGreens

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What drives housing prices up?

01 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics

From https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/jep.32.1.3

The Feel-Good Folly of Fossil-Fuel Divestment! @TaxpayersUnion

01 Mar 2020 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , , ,

From https://www.wsj.com/articles/daniel-r-fischel-the-feel-good-folly-of-fossil-fuel-divestment-1423527484

Sowell (1983) on racial discrimination and the groups that get ahead

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From https://nyti.ms/29yvZ9y

Public Opinion for Libertarians – Bryan Caplan (2010)

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@BernieSanders @AOC @jeremycorbyn

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Hayek to @AOC @BernieSanders @Greens @NZGreens @oxfamnz @Greenpeace

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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies – Annual Casey-McIlvane Lecture

24 Feb 2020 1 Comment

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