.@mfe_news advised @jamespeshaw that a net zero carbon economy will cut annual GDP growth by 1/10 or more. Is that a 4% reduction in GDP by 2050?
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Half of Venezuela’s oil exports were to the US until a few months ago
07 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Too late now
07 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Gambling for Redemption and Self-fulfilling Debt Crises
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Introduction to Microeconomics (Lecture 9: Monopoly and Competition) Murray N. Rothbard
03 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Mandela’s legacy: 25 years on | The Economist
28 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, income redistribution, law and economics, Marxist economics, political change, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: apartheid, South Africa
David D. Friedman With some thoughts on his new book
24 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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