Weitzman on the fragile basis of the Stern review

15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags:

Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem

15 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, George Stigler, income redistribution, law and economics, Milton Friedman, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: , , ,

From https://fee.org/resources/roofs-or-ceilings-the-current-housing-problem/

Piketty wants to abolish billionaires even though most all are self-made

14 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, public economics Tags: , ,

From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/09/13/influential-thomas-piketty-back-dangerous-ever/?WT.mc_id=tmgliveapp_androidshare_AtF9Bz3SFf33

Timur Kuran on “The Portal”, “The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception.”

11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags:

Closest @TheAusInstitute got to asking if the carbon tax should be unrepealed

10 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, Public Choice, public economics

Voters still have short fingers and long pockets despite @Greenpeace @jamespeshaw ramping up their #ClimateEmergency rhetoric

09 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags:

From http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Is-the-Public-Willing-to-Pay-to-Help-Fix-Climate-Change-.aspx

Thomas Sargent on rational expectations and the effect of taxes

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: , ,

Would these tech giants ever have become superstars if their founders had to sell down their controlling interests years ago to pay their wealth taxes

08 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: , , ,

https://twitter.com/gabriel_zucman/status/1170002229996269568

Hershleifer contrasts normative versus positive analysis

03 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, public economics Tags:

@AOC @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn

02 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: ,

The fatal conceit

01 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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Finn Kydland on the slow recovery from the Great Recession

31 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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@AOC @BernieSanders @jeremycorbyn

29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice, public economics

Gordon Tullock on voting with your feet

28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

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Exploring Liberty: The Problem of Political Ignorance

27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags:

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