
#GMO free but a late model car at speed pollutes less than their well-kept clunker at idle
10 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics Tags: air pollution, Anti-Science left, green hypocrisy

A $70 carbon price per ton in 2030 would increase gasoline prices by 60 cents per gallon and triple coal prices
10 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: carbon tax

180,000 Patriot Guard Riders counter Westboro Baptist Church hate speech with more speech (and the rev of motorbikes)
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: free speech
Believe it or not, the unpopular and the unpleasant have the right of free speech too provided there is no threat of immediate lawlessness
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, liberalism, politics - USA

How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act
09 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of prohibition
#ZeroCarbonBill sets us up to be screwed at future multilateral climate talks #ourclimateyoursay
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
Why did @jamespeshaw put Suzi Kerr on his climate committee after letting this cat out of the bag in her JEL 2015 survey?
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: carbon tax, expressive politics, game theory, international public goods

Trade wars, explained
07 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, international economic law, labour economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: protectionism, strategic trade theory
A Conversation with Gary Becker: The Future of US Economic Policy
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, environmental economics, Gary Becker, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA
Are The Police Racist?
31 May 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: law and order, police shootings, racial discrimination




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