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Was Karl Marx right? | The Economist

05 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, business cycles, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: economics of socialism

From Paul Samuelson’s essay on marxist economics

Why tax cuts for the poor are hard to do

05 May 2018 1 Comment

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Climate change suits versus disclosures of threats to tax bases to the municipal bond market – interview with Stephen Winterstein

03 May 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of information, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, securities fraud

#VirtueSignalling @nzprocom wants a great big increase in an old tax

27 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: carbon pricing, carbon tax

#VirtueSignalling @nzprocom on bit players leading the way in global public good supply

27 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: free riding, international public goods

Nice summary

02 Apr 2018 1 Comment

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Is there a Natural Resource Curse?

24 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, resource economics Tags: resource curse

Why libertarianism is a marginal idea and not a universal value | Steven Pinker

10 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Director's Law, growth of government, Steven Pinker, Wagner's Law

New Zealand is right up near the top

16 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

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The new corporate tax landscape

19 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in fiscal policy, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: company tax

The international corporate #tax landscape could look different very soon. @w_gekins explains: https://t.co/P2w2r4jO8q #TCJA #TaxReform pic.twitter.com/Mwcffd9QuT

— Tax Foundation (@TaxFoundation) December 18, 2017

Instead of what? @NZSuperfund contribution resumption @taxpayersunion

14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - New Zealand, public economics

Would it have been cheaper just to raise the eligibility age to 67 for New Zealand superannuation? By 2022, either health or education spending could have been 15% higher.

.@SenSanders opposed the reforms that caused this

14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, politics - USA, public economics Tags: top 1%

In 2015, the top 1% paid almost as much in federal income taxes ($568B and 39% of taxes paid) as the entire bottom 95% ($588B and 40.4% of taxes paid). pic.twitter.com/wJJWV7OpAF

— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) November 28, 2017

Reaganonomics to blame again

10 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

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

That's a good idea, here it is! pic.twitter.com/ipHYkOtHEe

— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) December 1, 2017

.@NZSuperFund still struggles to beat reference portfolio @TaxpayersUnion; 1.45% p.a. since inception

26 Nov 2017 Leave a comment

from https://www.nzsuperfund.co.nz/performance-investment/monthly-returns

Little wonder that no hedge fund headhunts from the New Zealand superannuation fund. Their staff turnover ratios are below 10% and often 5% and the CEO is paid a pittance by hedge fund standards.

Page 32 of "An Illustrated Guide to Income" more economic #dataviz at: bit.ly/12SEI9p http://t.co/HYm0II2UNI—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) May 08, 2013

Page 33 of "An Illustrated Guide to Income" more economic #dataviz at: bit.ly/10M7lqR http://t.co/FcmaqZWB32—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) May 09, 2013

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All you need to know about carbon tax pricing from @RichardTol

21 Nov 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, public economics

Source: Tol, Richard S J (2017) The structure of the climate debate. Energy Policy, 104. pp. 431-438.

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