How High Would You Make the Minimum Wage? (Did @fightfor15 ever expect to win their ambit claim to double the minimum wage?)
26 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, unemployment Tags: pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
The guide book that helped black Americans travel during segregation
25 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, racial discrimination
@SenSanders loving Big @Uber patron denounces #Uber
25 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - USA Tags: regressive left, taxi regulation, Uber

Bill Maher on Islam and Mohammad cartoons
25 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, discrimination, economics of crime, economics of religion, gender, law and economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Land is 60% of the value of Auckland homes
25 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land affordability, land supply

My @NZHerald op-ed on @AndrewLittleMP’s catch and release ideas @sst_nz
24 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
The public choice theory of LBJ in a nutshell
22 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: LBJ

Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage is Hurting the Workers It’s Intending to Help
22 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Stossel: Bernie’s Digital Media Empire
22 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, health economics, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: regressive left
Honesty is the best policy
21 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: marijuana decriminalisation

harassing behaviours experienced by MPs during time in office @MatthewHootonNZ
20 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - New Zealand
3 Strikes and You’re Out: After 20 Years, Is the Law Working? | Retro Report | @nytimes @sst_nz
20 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, three-strikes



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