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
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
Good to see strategic trade theory has been driven from the temple
30 May 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: protectionism, strategic trade theory, tariffs, trade wars

Uber-Losers: NYC Taxi Medallion Owners Are Screwed
27 May 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, transitional gains trap, Uber
Soda Tax hurts the Poor says @SenSanders @TaxpayersUnion @EricCrampton
26 May 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: nanny state, Old Left, regressive left, sugar taxes
Why Don’t Democrats Take Religion Seriously?
26 May 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: voter demographics

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