Bugger all take the bus or train

20 Dec 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, transport economics, urban economics

From https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/public-transport/public-transport.pdf

The Thames Barrier must never fail. Here’s why it doesn’t.

20 Dec 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of natural disasters, transport economics, urban economics Tags:

The Loophole Behind NYC’s Skinny Skyscrapers – Cheddar Explains

12 Dec 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, Public Choice, urban economics Tags:

The architecture trend dividing London’s elites

27 Nov 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, environmental economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: ,

Edward Glaeser on Survival of the City

01 Nov 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics

The great cost of NIMBYism

31 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: , ,

Ed Glaeser doesn’t hold back

28 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, environmental economics, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: ,

From https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/urban-age/debates/key-takeaways-3

No more investment in rail

21 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, transport economics, urban economics

From https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2017/01/18/larry-summers-v-edward-glaeser-two-harvard-economists-debate-increased-infrastructure-investments/

Cities at a Crossroads | Ed Glaeser

21 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics

Thomas Sowell’s Maverick Insights on Race, Economics, and Society

29 Sep 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, George Stigler, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, urban economics

Definitive Race & IQ by Thomas Sowell

28 Sep 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell, urban economics

How the US made affordable homes illegal

27 Sep 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: ,

The Real Reason London’s Skyscrapers Are Oddly Shaped – Cheddar Explains

25 Sep 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in urban economics Tags: ,

Kansai Floating Airport: Japan’s Popular Aquatic Airport (That’s Sinking into Osaka Bay)

24 Sep 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics

The Problem with Faster Highways (Downs-Thompson Paradox) | Game Theory Puzzles

15 Sep 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in transport economics, urban economics Tags: ,

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