Why Nations Fail. Keynote Address by James Robinson
11 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, war and peace Tags: autocracy, The Great Enrichment
Free Stuff 2020
01 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, public economics Tags: 2020 presidential election
Geoffrey Heal on the carbon tax might be a waste of time? @jamespeshaw @greenpeace
31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: carbon tax, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

David Friedman Talk on how libertarians can be politically successful
30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: market failure, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Discussions of the @RobinHoodTax are top of the list of the time I want bank on my death bed
30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, financial economics, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Tobin tax

@NZComCom has a very 1960s view of competition and new entry too
28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: competition law

The Myth of the Rational Voter | Bryan Caplan & Will Wilkinson
22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, Public Choice, public economics Tags: rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Wrong Answer on civil rihhts
20 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein Tags: racial discrimination

From https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/24/rand-paul-rachel-maddow-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html
Epstein on Segregation and Exploitation in the Old South
18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of federalism, racial discrimination
How Did the Practice of Pricing Fuel with 9/10th of a Penny Get Started?
18 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, energy economics, entrepreneurship, great depression, Public Choice, public economics, transport economics
Friedman Fundamentals: What We Learned About 70% Tax Rates 50 Years Ago
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply




Recent Comments