@radleybalko @thecounted 156 killed by police 1 July-11 August. How did they die?
13 Aug 2015 2 Comments
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: common law, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law enforcement, police
@radleybalko @thecounted 25 killed by police 5-12 August. How did they die? @PoliticalLine
12 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: common law, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law enforcement, police
Creative destruction in family spending in the USA
12 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, politics - USA Tags: creative destruction, living standards
https://twitter.com/VisualEcon/status/508957190129188864/photo/1
Family spending across a different income groups bit.ly/195NbKb http://t.co/mSbc0DRICY—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) September 01, 2014
Australia announces its futile carbon emissions target
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Australia, China, climate alarmism, climate change treaties, free-riders, game theory, global warming, international free riders, international public goods, public goods
Trump has lost 9-points since debate. Rubio, Fiorina and Carson surge.
12 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, opinion polls, voted demographics
My tip is a President Rubio and Vice President Fiorina or vice a versa.
A look at how @realDonaldTrump is running his unconventional campaign: on.wsj.com/1P5iV49 http://t.co/qXZ6VuGMUW—
Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) August 12, 2015
Zimbabwe Quietly Re-Opens Lion Hunts After Outcry Over The Killing of “Cecil the Lion”
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The anti-hunting choir has a lot to answer for. #auspol http://t.co/2FGgC11VZp—
David Leyonhjelm (@DavidLeyonhjelm) August 17, 2015
Zimbabwe has its ban on lion, leopard and elephant hunting that it imposed after the illegal killing of the beloved “Cecil the Lion” by Minnesota Dentist Walter Palmer. Hunting companies were told that they could start to line up wealthy trophy hunters again for bag the big game. In the meantime, conservationists have come forward to defend trophy hunting as a needed source of revenue for these parks.
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Liberal voting cities markets have higher income inequality and worse affordability
12 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: Director's Law, expressive boating, green rent seeking, housing affordability, land supply, land use planning, Left-wing hypocrisy, NIMBYs, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, zoning
All homeowners have an incentive to stop new housing because if developers build too many homes, prices fall, and housing is many families’ main asset. But in cities with many Democrats and Green Party members, environmental concerns might also be a factor. The movement might be too eager to preserve the past.
via Why Middle-Class Americans Can’t Afford to Live in Liberal Cities – The Atlantic.
Net favourability is the name of the presidential primaries game
11 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, expressive voting, rational rationality, rationally parents
Twenty-three percent of GOP voters had a favourable opinion of Trump in a May Washington Post-ABC News poll, while 65 percent viewed him negatively. Eleven percent of Republicans felt strongly favourably toward Trump; 43 percent felt strongly negatively.
via Boy, was I wrong about Donald Trump. Here’s why. – The Washington Post.
America still has lots of small banks– Is that still a good idea?
11 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA Tags: bank panics, bank runs, free banking, unit banking
Small banks continue to decline as large banks grow larger mercatus.org/publication/sm… http://t.co/Jr9eeV58IC—
Mercatus Center (@mercatus) July 27, 2015
The climate alarmists need to lift their game on their scaremongering
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in economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism, doomsday prophecies, global warming, scaremongering, voter demographics
DMZ in 1953
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in economic history, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Korean war
The Rules of Campaign Cash
10 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, campaign finance regulation
How money is raised by candidates, parties and groups that want to influence the election bloom.bg/1IONJaR http://t.co/f3CI6x9ooc—
Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) August 09, 2015
Analysing environmental benefits from driving electric vehicles
09 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: coal power, electric cars, green rent seeking, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, nuclear power, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge, unintended consequences
- The benefit is large and positive in many places in the west because the western electricity grid is relatively clean – primarily a mix of hydro, nuclear, and natural gas.
- The benefit is large and negative in many places in the east because the eastern electricity grid primarily relies more heavily on coal and natural gas.
via Economist’s View.
Which Nation Has the Worst Dependency Ratio?
09 Aug 2015 1 Comment
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics Tags: ageing society, demographic crisis, dependency ratio, social insurance
Past, present, and future of the welfare state… http://t.co/1gcGree4o1—
Austrian EconoCenter (@AustrianCenter) June 22, 2015
For both policy reasons and narcissism, I wish the most popular item ever posted on International Liberty was Mitchell’s Golden Rule.
But that guide to sensible fiscal policy isn’t even in the top 70.
Instead, my most-read post is a set of cartoons showing how the welfare state inevitably metastasizes as more and more people are lured into the wagon of government dependency.
I suspect these cartoons are popular because they succinctly capture and express a concern that is instinctively felt by many people.
But instinct isn’t the same as evidence.
So I’ve shared various estimates of America’s growing dependency problem, though I’ve also warned that these numbers don’t necessarily tell the full story.
Given my dissatisfaction with the current estimates, I was very interested to see a new attempt to measure the degree to which nations are undermined by ever-expanding redistribution. Writing for the Mises Institute and…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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