Why Turkey is invading Syria
02 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, growth disasters, International law, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Syrian Civil War
Dr. King will always be right
31 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination

Duflo and Banerje are a cross between Trump and crazy Bernie on economic populism
31 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: anti-foreign bias, economics of immigration, free trade
Jordan Peterson on @Metoo
30 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: sex discrimination, sexual harassment
#fakenews from @AOC @SenWarren @BernieSanders
30 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of information, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: 2020 presidential election, envy, top 1%

Rand Paul: End America’s War’s
30 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of bureaucracy, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Iraq war, Syrian Civil War, war against terror, War in Afghanistan
New Rule: Nowhere Else to Go | Real Time with @BillMaher
26 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, television Tags: 2020 presidential election
Richard Posner on public intellectuals
26 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, history of economic thought, human capital, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, Richard Posner Tags: fall of communism, useful idiots

Why the spike? Can’t get time off work for interview at WINZ office for the 12-month unemployment benefit reassessment?
25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, welfare reform
Saez and Zucman are rather blase about the impact of wealth taxes on innovation. Encourage innovation then tax away succesful innovators!
25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, endogenous growth theory, envy, superstars, top 1%, wealth taxes

Gender wage gap is bugger all after adjusting for motherhood penalty @women_nz @JulieAnneGenter
25 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

Why ‘Free College’ Is a Terrible Idea
24 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - USA Tags: adverse selection, signalling
No more enlightened about meaning of decolonisation by end of clip. Which is better? Learn Te Reo, as suggested, or read history books?
23 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of languages, Maori economic development, political correctness, regressive left




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