John Belushi and the donuts of champions
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in economics, television
HT: Lars Christensen
Monty Python – Travel agent sketch & theory of the brontosaurus
02 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in television Tags: Monty Python
#YesPrimeMinister on abolishing government departments
01 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of education, television Tags: Yes Prime Minister
Sir Humphrey and Jim Hacker discuss art subsidies
30 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, rentseeking, television Tags: art subsidies
The West Wing 2.5 “my president is your president”
23 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in television Tags: West Wing
West Wing – ‘You reversed my position.’
22 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of crime, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle, television Tags: West Wing
Yes Prime Minister on a minister of manufacturing @jamespeshaw @julieannegenter
21 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, television Tags: corporate welfare, industry policy, New Zealand Greens, picking losers, picking winners, Yes Prime Minister
Monty Python – Ypres 1914, The Short Straw
20 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in television Tags: Monty Python
Monty Python – the architect sketch
19 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, television Tags: Monty Python
Why the UK is in the EU – Europass – Yes Minister
15 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, television Tags: Yes Minister
Crime and punishment on Star Trek
14 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, television
One of the things I have noticed after watching most of the original Star Trek and more recently a few seasons of Star Trek Next Generation is the original was pretty tough on law and order.

The original Star Trek frequently had discussions with penal colonies. Captain Kirk was always getting court-martial for something or Spock was. Miscreants were marched off to penal colonies
In Star Trek Generation, crime repeatedly goes unpunished and phasers always set to stun.
Who reads the papers? – Yes, Prime Minister
13 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, television Tags: Yes Prime Minister
The Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville
07 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, Music, television Tags: The Monkeys
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