Is the Left liberal?
03 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Left-wing hypocrisy, Leftover Left, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, progressive left
The fates of two islands under constant threat from a neighbouring military colossus
01 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: anticapitalist mentality, antimarket bias, capitalism and freedom, China, Cuba, expressive voting, Hong Kong, Leftover Left, public intellectuals, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, Twitter left
It’s Milton Friedman’s birthday
31 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in history of economic thought, liberalism, Milton Friedman
The genius of Milton Friedman… http://t.co/560386cnJB—
The Econ Brothers (@EconBrothers) November 09, 2014
Friedman in the finer points of freedom and equality… http://t.co/DNyn8NPL2V—
The Econ Brothers (@EconBrothers) July 08, 2014
Do you agree? http://t.co/F38DNWmJ0v—
ESFL (@ESFLiberty) June 11, 2015
The genius of Milton Friedman… http://t.co/PZUlj1FCZp—
The Econ Brothers (@EconBrothers) November 01, 2014
Deirdre McCloskey on the Samaritan’s dilemma
30 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, liberalism, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: Age of Innovation, bourgeoisie deal, capitalism and freedom, Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
62 years ago North and South Korea signed a truce
28 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: collapse of communism, economics of central planning, failed states, North Korea, South Korea
https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/625658259861598209/photo/1
Truce is signed and the fighting ends in Korea on this day in 1953. nyti.ms/1D1Yswe http://t.co/O9a8iJgE99—
NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) July 27, 2015
Double-standards on anti-religious art
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, law and economics, liberalism Tags: free speech, Freedom of religion, Left-wing hypocrisy, political correctness
Venn Diagram: Double-standard on anti-religious art: Christian vs. Muslim http://t.co/YNUicxSBpY—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 18, 2015
Democracy is not untrammelled majority rule
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, liberalism, Public Choice Tags: Bill of Rights, constitutional law, free speech, rule of law
@patcondell on how to insult a progressive
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism Tags: Leftover Left, Pat Condell, progessive left
HL Mencken on the growth of knowledge
25 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Rawls and Nozick Tags: conjecture and refutation, growth of knowledge, HL Mencken
Maggie Thatcher’s Rawlsian critique of socialism on her last day as Prime Minister
22 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, Rawls and Nozick Tags: Leftover Left, Margaret Thatcher
Equality lacks relevance if the poor are growing richer
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism Tags: capitalism and freedom, Deirdre McCloskey, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
And the rich got richer, who cares
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
"The rich got richer, true. But…" —@DeirdreMcClosk buff.ly/1Imdv4o http://t.co/M3ERx3JTIn—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 28, 2015
Should Majorities Decide Everything?
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, liberalism, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law, expressive voting, median voter theorem, Mike Munger, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, tyranny of the majority
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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