Thinking about The Great Leap Forward | Econbrowser
19 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, economics of planning, extreme poverty, famine, Great Leap Forward
Joseph Schumpeter’s short but penetrating exam on socialism
21 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, history of economic thought, Marxist economics

Source: Harvard. Schumpeter’s Socialism Course. Syllabus and Exam, 1946 – Economics in the Rear-View Mirror
@BernieSanders defence of #Castro did not help spread democracy
14 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, Marxist economics, politics - USA

@BernieSanders there is no other side to Cuba – a totalitarian dictatorship
10 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA
Note from @paulkrugman to @BernieSanders @JeremyCorbyn and their supporters
23 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, British politics, Leftover Left, make-work bias, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, renegade Left, Twitter left
Why @GreenpeaceNZ @NZGreens are not @nzlabour’s comrades
13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand
The only other fat man in North Korea
11 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, Marxist economics

I think he is the top party man in the military. The fat general 2nd from the right is still alive as far as I know.
The thin guy with the heightening hat just to his left has just been executed – he was Chief of the Army staff.
Young Democrats like @BernieSanders & socialism but oppose income redistribution as much as their parents do
09 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics
#TPPANoWay @oxfamNZ @GreenpeaceUSA The Effects of Globalization
07 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, Marxist economics Tags: customs unions, expressive voting, free trade, Leftover Left, ODA, preferential trading agreements, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, TPA, TPPA, Twitter left, Tyler Cowen
China controls dissidents abroad through relatives back home
06 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: China, dissent, Japan, tinpot dictatorships, totalitarian dictatorships
At graduate school in Japan, I was careful to rarely talk politics to Chinese students.
The reason was I assumed they were being spied on by fellow students at the behest of the Chinese security services.
@OwenJones84 @K_Niemietz GDP per capita has not more than doubled @chavezcandanga
05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics Tags: Argentina, Chile, China, left-wing populism, Leftover Left, Oil prices, The Great Fact, Twitter left, Venezuela
Source: The Conference Board. 2015. The Conference Board Total Economy Database™, May 2015, http://www.conference-board.org/data/economydatabase/





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