
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
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
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
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

Is there a Natural Resource Curse?
24 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
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
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
The new corporate tax landscape
19 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: company tax
Instead of what? @NZSuperfund contribution resumption @taxpayersunion
14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
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
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics Tags: top 1%

Reaganonomics to blame again
10 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics
.@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
All you need to know about carbon tax pricing from @RichardTol
21 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
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.
Who pays taxes in the USA?
10 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, public economics Tags: top 1%


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