
Sowell (1983) on racial discrimination and the groups that get ahead
29 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The fatal conceit
My @NZHerald op-ed @nzdrug @_chloeswarbrick @familyfirstnz
27 Feb 2020 2 Comments
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: marijuana decrimilisation
Does neoclassical macroeconomics rule out depressions?
27 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, econometerics, economic history, Edward Prescott, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, public economics, Robert E. Lucas, unemployment, unions Tags: Keynesian macroeconomics, new classical macroeconomics, New Keynesian macroeconomics, real business cycle theory

Fama on a fiscal stimulus
25 Feb 2020 1 Comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: fiscal policy
Hayek to @AOC @BernieSanders @Greens @NZGreens @oxfamnz @Greenpeace
24 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, F.A. Hayek, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: The fatal conceit

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies – Annual Casey-McIlvane Lecture
24 Feb 2020 1 Comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, financial economics, industrial organisation, international economics, James Buchanan, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Are @BernieSanders @AOC already in Denmark?
22 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, public economics
Ross McKitrick on WUWT-TV Nov 15th 2012 economics of emissions
19 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading
Nobel Symposium Randall Kroszner Lessons from the global financial crisis, and crises past
19 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: sovereign defaults
Carbon Tax Event – Ross McKitrick
16 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics Tags: carbon tax
When Did Passports Become a Thing?
13 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, public economics Tags: economics of borders
Nobel Symposium Kenneth Rogoff Indebtedness of governments, firms, and households
09 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of information, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: sovereign debt crises, sovereign defaults






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