Abraham Lincoln on Listen up deplorables as a way to ask for votes
11 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political psychology
In the East, Islam silences us violently. In the West, Islam uses ‘Islamophobia’ to silence us
05 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, liberalism, politics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, political correctness. freedom of religion
Attention @top_nz
04 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in liberalism, politics - New Zealand Tags: 2017 New Zealand election
Why won’t Trump use his best argument for his travel ban?
03 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, politics - USA, war and peace
Trump promised to ban all Muslim immigration. He broke that promise on his first day of office by issuing a 90-day suspension of visa processing against Iran and 5 fail states or war zones already identified in Congressional legislation as countries of concern in terms of vetting.
Trump then said he was going to introduce enhanced vetting for migration from these Muslim majority countries. Clearly, his promise to ban all Muslim migrants is one of the many promises he has broken. Instead, he focused on a legitimate difference with the previous administration on the stringency of vetting from countries hostile to the USA and from failed states.
If the courts are to chill free speech by holding candidates to what they say in the campaign trail before they take the oath of office, they are equally bound to notice that Trump broke his flagship campaign promise to ban all Muslim immigrants immediately on entering office.
The appeal courts for many years after the 9/11 attacks upheld sweeping restrictions on male migrants from 24-muslim majority countries and North Korea. They were fingerprinted and photographed at the border; nationals of these countries already within the USA were required to attend Immigration and Customs enforcement offices to be fingerprinted and photographed on pain of deportation.
Was accused of mansplaining today so I looked up what it meant for the 1st time
03 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, politics - New Zealand
To come out swinging against the motives of critics suggests you cannot handle criticism.
@NZGreens see a @geertwilderspvv fan as ready for office? #greenbaublesofoffice
03 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
Christopher Hitchens on Michael Moore
27 Jun 2017 1 Comment
in defence economics, movies, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: 9/11, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Moore, watermelon against terror
The evolution of American protest music
25 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in Music, politics - USA Tags: political protest
How the Republican Party turned against climate science
22 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: global warming
#Greenbaublesofoffice will @NZGreens be as smug when defending @WinstonPeters after the election?
21 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
Does Money Buy Elections?
20 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: campaign finance reform
Wouldn’t banning overseas landlords reduce the supply of rental housing?
18 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, urban economics
Both the Labour Party and the Greens as well as the local Donald Trump want to ban foreigners from buying houses in New Zealand.
Seems to me that if you want to increase the supply of rental housing to reduced rents to poor families, you would want to encourage absentee landlords rather than first-time buyers. Is my logic wrong?
If inequality drives crime, why are crime rates falling so rapidly in the US?
18 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of crime, politics - USA, poverty and inequality
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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