Why do solar and wind need subsidies?

12 May 2018 1 Comment

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George Stigler doesn’t think much of the influence over economists over public policy

11 May 2018 Leave a comment

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Classical Liberals vs. Conservatives vs. Socialists | Leonard P. Liggio

08 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Austrian economics, development economics, economic history, history of economic thought, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking

Milan Vaishnav | When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics

07 May 2018 Leave a comment

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Why Big Business Loves Big Government | G. William Domhoff, Murray Rothbard, & Bill Evers

04 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, Murray Rothbard, Public Choice, rentseeking

Climate change suits versus disclosures of threats to tax bases to the municipal bond market – interview with Stephen Winterstein

03 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of information, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

Murray Rothbard’s Advice For Environmentalists

28 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

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#VirtueSignalling @nzprocom on bit players leading the way in global public good supply

27 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

Many economists failed ethics pop quiz on feathering own nest, credentialism and rent seeking

19 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of education, Public Choice, rentseeking

From http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/occupational-licensing-for-economists

Read somewhere else that New York City taxi medallions are worthless

18 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

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Jonathan Chait is spot on. Left believes they lose because the system is rigged and voters are duped. It is never that their ideas just don’t fly.

09 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , , ,

Uber: Revolutionary but Controversial – (The Story of Uber)

30 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

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How Did LBJ Make His Money? The Disturbing Story of His Political Rise and Corruption (1990)

29 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

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Is there a Natural Resource Curse?

24 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

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DESTROY, DO NOT WOUND | The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

12 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

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