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Straight to the point; hydro power survives without subsidies; wind and solar doesn’t

04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: green rentseeking, hydroelectric power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power

Why are GMOs Bad? @SciShow

25 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, fisheries economics, health economics, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: anti-GMO movement, Anti-Science left, pessimism bias

Stossel: Jordan Peterson vs. “Social Justice Warriors”

24 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Cultural Marxism, political correctness, regressive left

#OTD Jeff Sachs retired as a serious economist

23 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: climate alarmism

From https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/22/opinions/green-new-deal-sachs/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Not me, Nordhaus: you can read his article here: https://t.co/IvDSlz7dDk
Summary:
Do nothing costs $134tr
Do smart tax: costs $20tr, reduce climate damages $50tr = $30tr benefit
Do more (most campaigners): climate costs decline, policy costs increase much more, net loss $40tr+ pic.twitter.com/CbgZTeWLRj

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 27, 2019

If you read his paper, you wouldn't need to accuse me of misrepresenting Nordhaus
And oh, no, 3.5°C will be a problem, not a disaster.
And policies trying to reach 2.5°C (or even lower) will have *much* higher costs than benefitshttps://t.co/IvDSlz7dDk pic.twitter.com/V354uofxmF

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 27, 2019

.@equitablegrowth posted this FYI @AOC @SenSanders on every billionaire is a policy failure

22 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, politics - USA, property rights, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment

Real reason streetcars are making a comeback: with friends like @voxdotcom, light rail should prefer its enemies @TaxpayersUnion

18 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: expressive voting

A well studied effect

13 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

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Spot on antitrust economics as academic rentseeking

12 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: antitrust economics, competition law

Students Love the Green New Deal… Until Hearing What’s In It

12 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, fiscal policy, global warming, health economics, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, monetary economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: The fatal conceit

Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century

09 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

Green New Deal sidesteps the lack of progress on electric planes!

08 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: climate alarmists, The fatal conceit

Free to Choose Part 5: Created Equal Featuring Milton Friedman

07 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Enrichment

The Elephant In The Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

31 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economics of education, economics of information, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: signalling

Free To Choose 1980 – The Tyranny of Control – Markets

21 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Adam Smith, applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, market efficiency, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: invisible hand

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