Jordan Peterson on why pronouns aren’t about respect and identities are socially negotiated
29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in gender, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, regressive left
Racism at @Harvard
29 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - USA Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination

#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
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - USA Tags: charter schools

Harold Demsetz on the risks of merging to enhance market power. Corporate reorganizations often fail.
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: competition law

But @BernieSanders is spot on; a Chinese communist hero of his made a big difference to extreme poverty
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
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
28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA, Richard Posner Tags: free speech
Why gains most from stronger hate speech laws? @NZHumanRights
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
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
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
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
Lee Ohanian on crisis management
26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice

Woolworth Lunch Counter civil rights sit-in
26 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: racial discrimination




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