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#OTD Jeff Sachs retired as a serious economist

23 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: climate alarmism

From https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/22/opinions/green-new-deal-sachs/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Not me, Nordhaus: you can read his article here: https://t.co/IvDSlz7dDk
Summary:
Do nothing costs $134tr
Do smart tax: costs $20tr, reduce climate damages $50tr = $30tr benefit
Do more (most campaigners): climate costs decline, policy costs increase much more, net loss $40tr+ pic.twitter.com/CbgZTeWLRj

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 27, 2019

If you read his paper, you wouldn't need to accuse me of misrepresenting Nordhaus
And oh, no, 3.5°C will be a problem, not a disaster.
And policies trying to reach 2.5°C (or even lower) will have *much* higher costs than benefitshttps://t.co/IvDSlz7dDk pic.twitter.com/V354uofxmF

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 27, 2019

.@equitablegrowth posted this FYI @AOC @SenSanders on every billionaire is a policy failure

22 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, politics - USA, property rights, public economics, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, The Great Enrichment

Real reason streetcars are making a comeback: with friends like @voxdotcom, light rail should prefer its enemies @TaxpayersUnion

18 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: expressive voting

4 Ways Economists Think We’re All Wrong – Econ Chronicles – Learn Liberty

16 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, unemployment Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, rational irrationality

Deirdre McCloskey on @AOC @SenSanders

16 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, entrepreneurship, politics - USA, public economics

From http://thepolitic.org/an-interview-with-deirdre-mccloskey-distinguished-professor-emerita-of-economics-and-of-history-uic/

About right

15 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

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Climate economics (PG): Policy advice Richard Tol

13 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, public economics

Top economists unanimous in opposition to @NZsuperfund’s beat the market strategy @TaxpayersUnion @EricCrampton

31 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in entrepreneurship, financial economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, passive investing

Jason Brennan counters critics of ‘Markets Without Limits

24 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Public Choice, public economics, Rawls and Nozick

Public Opinion for Libertarians – Bryan Caplan (2010)

20 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, pessimism bias, rational irrationality

You can take it with you!? Top entrepreneurs vital to continuing success and wages growth in their firms

15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, public economics, survivor principle Tags: top 1%

The toll of a capital gains tax on entrepreneurship and innovation is far greater than previously thought @TaxpayersUnion

15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, technological progress Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment

Day 10 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: 4th and 5th thick plastic bag

10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state

Chad Jones is a trouble maker on top tax rates @paulkrugman

10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: creative destruction, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%

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