Bugger all take public transport

13 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in transport economics, urban economics

Joe Stiglitz predicts

06 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

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Density or Sprawl? How To Solve the Urban Housing Crisis

19 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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

How cozy is your country?

18 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, urban economics

Source: OECD Better Life Index at Data extracted on 17 Mar 2020 23:23 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

Rents are unaffordable for one reason alone

15 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics

From https://freakonomics.com/podcast/rent-control-rebroadcast/

Addressing the Housing Crisis with Lee E. Ohanian

12 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: , ,

Sherwin Rosen on Alfred Marshall and superstars labour markets

12 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Affordable housing – a growing concern for people and governments @OECD

09 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: ,

What drives housing prices up?

01 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics

From https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/jep.32.1.3

Sowell (1983) on racial discrimination and the groups that get ahead

29 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: , , ,

From https://nyti.ms/29yvZ9y

No housing bubbles if land supply is flexible

19 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics

From https://www.dallasfed.org/-/media/Documents/fed/annual/2013/e2.pdf

How an obsession with home ownership can ruin the economy | The Economist

07 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic growth, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, Edward Prescott, income redistribution, law and economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: , ,

Alfred Marshall on superstar wages – Alan Krueger – Rockonomics

06 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, poverty and inequality, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics Tags:

From https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=11JrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT87&lpg=PT87&dq=%E2%80%9Camass+a+large+fortune+with+a+rapidity+hitherto+unknown%22+alfred+Marshall&source=bl&ots=96HBH7CxhM&sig=ACfU3U0O45uIS_lOfBZt1zXQcHQMj2ywxw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV0YzahbDnAhVJOisKHanBBpcQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Camass%20a%20large%20fortune%20with%20a%20rapidity%20hitherto%20unknown%22%20alfred%20Marshall&f=false

Thomas Sowell on affirmative action

06 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

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James Heckman on affirmative action

01 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics Tags: , , , ,

From https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2005/interview-with-james-heckman

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