Groom of the Stool (Worst Jobs in History)
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking
Stigler on Galbraith’s 1977 TV series episode on colonialism
14 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of colonialism
10 Crazy Ways Prohibition Influenced America
11 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition, offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
Chad Jones’ awkward remarks on top tax rates and innovation spillovers
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%
The Injustice of Corporate Welfare
06 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, sports economics, survivor principle Tags: industry policy, picking winners
Gender gaps are conclusive evidence that Sweden is a sexist hellhole
05 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, gender, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: gender wage gap, glass ceiling
Philip Payton Jr.: The Crusading Capitalist Who Outwitted New York’s Racist Landlords
02 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: racial discrimination
Free Speech: Colleges in the Crossfire | Moving Upstream @WSJ
29 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Barbed Wire: History Of the 162 Indo-Bangla Enclaves, including one enclave with one family as residents
29 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Bangladesh, economics of borders, economics of colonialism, enclaves, India, maps
How Uber was kept out of Germany
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: Germany, taxi regulation
Stossel: Little Pink House
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: takings
Thomas Sowell – Preferential Policies (Fascinating 1990 Interview)
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: racial discrimination, Thomas Sowell
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