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Tullock Lecture: Richard Epstein

20 Dec 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, survivor principle Tags: employment law, employment regulation, Uber

Note to a jetlagged @jamespeshaw from William Nordhous

16 Dec 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate activists, free riding, game theory

William D. Nordhaus, who was just named the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics, on why agreements to slow global warming have failed https://t.co/nM6KRtaCfI pic.twitter.com/J9zUVrxCoG

— The New York Review of Books (@nybooks) October 8, 2018

Excellent to see Nordhaus win the Nobel, but the pairing with the IPCC 1.5 degree report is a bit awkward given Nordhaus' recent paper suggesting a 3+ degree scenario is optimal. I hope someone asks him about this. pic.twitter.com/cOLSH6J8fj

— Noah Kaufman (@noahqk) October 8, 2018

Nordhous cancels the class war @Ocasio2018 @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn @oxfamnz

09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, industrial organisation, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

Thomas Sowell on Wealth Creation, Human Capital & Colonialism

09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, Roman empire, Thomas Sowell

What makes countries rich or poor?

09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape

The dirty secret of clean energy | The Economist

03 Dec 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: solar power, wind power

More for light rail enthusiasts @PhilTwyford @JulieAnneGenter @TaxpayersUnion

28 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

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Dilbart on Shane Jones and his regional speedup

19 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

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Climate Change Nuisance Suits Federalist Society

19 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: nuisance suits

Spot on

07 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

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Well put

07 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

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Nucky & the Boardwalk Empire

06 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, television Tags: economics of prohibition, organized crime

John Oliver on Economic Development

29 Oct 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: industry policy, picking winners

Labor Ethics | Political Philosophy with Jason Brennan

24 Oct 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, health and safety, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking

Why the kids climate suit is rubbish: courts cannot order Congress to pass laws

24 Oct 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmists

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