Reliability of Wind Energy — Not in My Backyard
28 Jan 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: NIMBY, wind power, zoning
Thomas Sowell – Conquests, Migrations, Race and Cultures
28 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, laws of war, organisational economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, war and peace Tags: economics of colonialism, racial discrimination
Reliability of Wind Energy — When the Wind Doesn’t Blow
27 Jan 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Big Wind, wind power
NZ deposit insurance had $2b in claims because it included finance companies
27 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

Father Confronts Warren on Free College: People Who Did the Right Thing Get Screwed
25 Jan 2020 1 Comment
in economics of education, fiscal policy, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election
Population Control Isn’t the Answer to Climate Change. Capitalism Is. #globalwarming #climateemergency @GreenpeaceAP @Greens @NZGreens
25 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, technological progress, urban economics Tags: climate alarmists, pessimism bias, regressive left
#globalwarming #climateemergency @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens #virtuesignaling
24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmists, expressive voting, green rentseeking, virtue signaling

The United States Goes Dry – Alcohol Prohibition I THE GREAT WAR
23 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of love and marriage, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, war and peace Tags: economics of prohibition, World War I
Finn Kydland on economic policy
22 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Edward Prescott, entrepreneurship, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, inflation targeting, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Robert E. Lucas Tags: game theory, real business cycle theory
.@cwcalomiris “Thinking Historically about Banking Crises and Bailouts”
20 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, econometerics, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: bank panics, bank runs, deposit insurance
.@RossMcKitrick on economics and politics of #globalwarming #climateemergency @mfe_news @NZGreens @jamespeshaw
18 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, international economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: carbon tax, climate alarmists, pessimism bias, regressive left



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