Race, class and culture: A conversation with William Julius Wilson and J.D. Vance
16 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, public economics, unemployment, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination
Alfred Marshall wrote on agglomeration economies as long ago as 1890
02 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
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The staggering cost of NIMBYISM
18 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: land supply, zoning
Most Light Rail Projects Are Costly and Inefficient
09 May 2020 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, transport economics, urban economics Tags: benefit cost analysis, trains
Myth of the Rational Voter
02 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, election campaigns, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, Marxist economics, minimum wage, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, population economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, resource economics, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, make-work bias, pessimism bias, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, regressive left
A Conversation with Harold Demsetz
22 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Armen Alchian, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, George Stigler, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, resource economics, Richard Posner, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, survivor principle, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics
Infrastructure spending is back in the news @jamespeshaw @NZGreens @TaxpayersUmion
19 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, fiscal policy, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: megaprojects, The fatal conceit
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