
Matthew Kahn on the mixed messages of mayors to the bond markets and the courts
14 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, securities fraud

My favorite quote on British colonialism
09 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: British empire, economics of colonialism

Interesting point by Richard Epstein
02 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of regulation, gender, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Epstein, transport economics Tags: competition law, creative destruction, racial discrimination

Solar power has been a celebrity technology since I was in high school and still can’t compete without subsidies
01 Jul 2018 1 Comment

Stigler explains how intellectuals and consultants ply their policy trade honestly
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, George Stigler, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: consultants, job sorting, public intellectuals

The Fall of New York City’s Taxi King
27 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, transitional gains trap, Uber
Jobs exposed to Chinese tariffs are more than twice as likely to fall in counties that voted Trump in 2016
26 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economic law, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: trade wars

Stigler on one of the two political advising roles of economists
26 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, George Stigler, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: deregulation, special interests

How genetically modified mosquitoes could fight malaria #GMO @greenpeace
16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Anti-Science left, GMOs, regressive left
How Uber destroyed the NYC cab market
12 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: taxi regulation, Uber
How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition
Trade wars, explained
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, international economic law, labour economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: protectionism, strategic trade theory
David Friedman | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: government failure, market failure

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