A Most Insignificant Office: A History of the US Vice Presidency
14 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
Energy should play key role in 2024 Pennsylvania (and US) elections
13 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
The threat of recurrent blackouts is rising, and we are getting closer than ever to having electricity when it happens to be available, instead of when we need it.
Energy should play key role in 2024 Pennsylvania (and US) elections
A Harris-Walz Administration Would Be A Nightmare for Free Speech
12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on why a Harris-Walz Administration would be a nightmare for free speech. A long-standing advocate for censorship and other speech controls, Vice President Kamala Harris just added an equally menacing candidate to her ticket for 2024. Here is the column: The selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as the…
A Harris-Walz Administration Would Be A Nightmare for Free Speech
Don’t Invest in a Light-Rail Boondoggle
12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, politics - USA, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics
Last week, I observed that “Transit’s failure to recover from the pandemic is due largely to its downtown-centric orientation in most urban areas.” An op-ed in yesterday’s Baltimore Sun makes a similar point about the planned Red Line light-rail project for that city. “The problem with Baltimore transit is not … Continue reading →
Don’t Invest in a Light-Rail Boondoggle
Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge
10 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
For over a year, Special Counsel Jack Smith has made one element the overriding priority in his prosecution of former president Donald Trump: speed. Smith repeatedly moved to curtail Trump’s appellate rights and demand expedited appeals to try to secure a conviction before the election. In that effort, he found an equally motivated judge in […]
Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge
The Creation of Ride-sharing and the Creativity of Markets
10 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, regulation, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: barriers to entry, creative destruction, taxi regulation
The idea behind Uber first arose, the story goes, on a snowy evening in Paris back around 2008, when Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp found themselves stuck in Paris on a snowy evening, unable to find a taxi. They wondered “What if you could request a ride simply by tapping your phone?” They co-founded Uber based…
The Creation of Ride-sharing and the Creativity of Markets
The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself in California
09 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of concealment and political corruption. No, it is not the case against Hunter Biden. The allegations of tax fraud in California are obvious and unavoidable. Weiss just made the case against the Justice Department and himself in protecting Hunter Biden from […]
The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself in California
Jurisdiction Stripping or Court Killing? The “No Kings Act” is a Decapitation of the Constitution
08 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) has introduced the “No Kings Act” with great fanfare and the support of most of his Democratic colleagues. Liberal groups have heralded the measure to legislatively reverse the ruling in Trump v. United States. It is obviously popular with the press and pundits. It is also entirely unconstitutional in […]
Jurisdiction Stripping or Court Killing? The “No Kings Act” is a Decapitation of the Constitution
Roots of Climate Change Distortions
08 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
Roger Pielke Jr. explains at his blog Why Climate Misinformation Persists. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Noble Lies, Conventional Wisdom, and Luxury Beliefs In 2001, I participated in a roundtable discussion hosted at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with a group of U.S. Senators, […]
Roots of Climate Change Distortions
Fast Takes on *Build, Baby, Build*: David Schleicher
07 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply
I met Yale Law’s David Schleicher when he was still a law professor at GMU. Back then, we argued about the best model of non-rigged one-party democracy, often seen in major cities… and Singapore. Since then, David’s become a powerful academic voice for YIMBY. Last month, David joined me for another Fast Take on Build,…
Fast Takes on *Build, Baby, Build*: David Schleicher
Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute
06 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: solar power, wind power
The question is whether those people can be awakened before the blackouts hit.
Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute
Transgender or Intersex? Confusion Reigns Over the Gender Status of Two Olympic Boxers
04 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, law and economics, politics - USA, sports economics Tags: free speech, gender gap, Olympic Games, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
On Saturday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a surprising correction after claiming for a week that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting were actually born women and have Differences in Sexual Development (DSD), a range of rare conditions in which a person’s genitalia do not necessarily match with their chromosomes or hormone…
Transgender or Intersex? Confusion Reigns Over the Gender Status of Two Olympic Boxers
Exposing the Financial Web: Clinton-Run Organizations Funding Climate Activists
04 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: civil disobedience, climate activists, climate alarmism, crime and punishment, law and order
American voters who have bought tote bags decorated with pictures of Mrs Clinton or sweatshirts promoting abortion rights have inadvertently funded disruption in the UK.
Exposing the Financial Web: Clinton-Run Organizations Funding Climate Activists
JFK & PT 109
04 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: JFK, World War II
On the night of August 1-2, 1943, during World War II, Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, future President of the United States, experienced a defining moment in his military career when his patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, was destroyed in the Solomon Islands. This event not only showcased Kennedy’s leadership and bravery but also became a significant […]
JFK & PT 109
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