#OTD Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech
28 Aug 2019 3 Comments
in discrimination, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: racial discrimination
A racial gap that dare not speak its name
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in economics of education, politics - USA Tags: charter schools

Pay transparency strengthens the bargaining hands of employers @NZHumanRights
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in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand
Harold Demsetz on the risks of merging to enhance market power. Corporate reorganizations often fail.
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in applied price theory, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: competition law

Pro-lifers are lifting their lobbying game; zeroing in on processes that trouble wavering MPs and voters
28 Aug 2019 2 Comments
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: abortion law reform

Big differences in reoffending if: gang member, over 40, Maori v. Pasifika, violent or burglar @sst_nz
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand

Source: Annual report of the Department of Corrections
But @BernieSanders is spot on; a Chinese communist hero of his made a big difference to extreme poverty
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2020 presidential election, China, extreme poverty, The Great Escape

First Amendment Salon: Judge Richard Posner and Prof. Geoffrey Stone
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in law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA, Richard Posner Tags: free speech
#OIA to @NZHumanRights: any research on the extent of pay transparency and pay secrecy
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in applied price theory, economics of information, economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand Tags: gender wage gap, The fatal conceit

A pointless prosecution
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: marijuana decrimilization

Why gains most from stronger hate speech laws? @NZHumanRights
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in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Exploring Liberty: The Problem of Political Ignorance
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in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of information, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: rational ignorance
Coincidence
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in energy economics, environmental economics, politics - Australia Tags: solar power, wind power

Lee Ohanian on crisis management
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