Deirdre McCloskey delivers Fourteenth Annual Hayek Lecture
23 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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My @NZHerald op-ed on @RossMcKitrick’s temperature contingent #carbontax #climateemergency @jamespeshaw @mfe_news
23 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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The World’s Strangest Borders Part 4: Ocean Madness
21 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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#climateemergency @AOC @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn @SenWarren @Greenpeace @oxfamnz @Greens @NZGreens @AmnestyNZ
20 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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Why Tax Rates Matter More Than Taxes
18 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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Policy Briefs: John Cochrane on Why a Complicated Tax Code Leads to Negative Outcomes
17 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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How Donald Trump Won The White House: Jonathan Pie’s American Pie
17 Dec 2019 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, unemployment Tags: 2016 presidential election, 2020 presidential election, economics of immigration, political correctness, regressive left
Must-Watch Video From Reason TV on How Free Markets – not Obamacare – Can Solve the Healthcare Mess
16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: health insurance
When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system.
For all intents and purposes, they think the United States relies on the free market and that government (at least in the pre-Obamacare era) was largely absent.
When explaining how government has screwed up private health insurance, I talk about third-party payer and how genuinely private insurance works for home ownership and automobiles. And I cite examples of genuine free markets for cosmetic surgery and even (regardless of your views) abortion.
But from now on, I think I will simply tell people to watch this superb video…
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What Does the Trump 2017 Tax Cut Imply for the U.S. Economic Growth, Inflation, and Government Debt?
08 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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.@RossMcKitrick – An Evidence-Based Approach to Pricing CO2 Emissions and carbon tax futures contracts 4 July 2013
08 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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Ross McKitrick: a truth-based cap-and-trade linked to tropical troposphere temperature, which you can then short if a skeptic or go long if an alarmist
07 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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What Do Entrepreneurs Actually Do?
05 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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