Weird Things Whales Lost on Their Journey to the sea
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Free to Grow | John H. Cochrane
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How This Island Near Australia Was Undiscovered
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in economic history, International law Tags: maps
#globalwarming #climateemergency @GreenpeaceAP @Greens
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in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: climate alarmists
Countless rules to ensure legal commercial supply will fail
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in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - New Zealand Tags: marijuana decrimilization
Can Collins take votes off Ardern instead of Act?
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So the inevitable has happened – Judith Collins is finally leader of the National Party.
I think this is very good for the country.
The worst government in living memory is sleep-walking to victory. It cannot be allowed to continue down the path is is travelling down, without an effective opposition leader holding them to account, and firmly.
Judith will probably do that in part.
But elections are won in the middle. And Judith and National both have a lot of work to do to convince middle New Zealand to vote for her as their prime minister.
Gareth Morgan (in)famously said you can put liptick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. Since MMP, National has been very wet and soft. Its policies are similar to Labour’s, except they’re just managed better. As an example, Bill English was thumping his chest when announcing his budget was more to the…
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#OTD #COVID19
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in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics
Son comes out of the closet to his parents
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. . . but it’s not what you think. This short film is called “Homecoming”, it won several awards and it’s pretty reflective of Liberal attitudes these days, both good and bad. And it’s funny.
h/t: Lenora
Leading questions from the EHRC
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“We need clear conversations and proper debate about what the law and policy actually mean in practice, and what would be the practical effect of any changes – dialogue must be constructive, tolerant and based on the facts. This includes challenging prejudices, calling out abusive behaviour and being open about the rights and needs of everyone involved.”
Rebecca Hillsenrath, CEO, EHRC
The Equality Act 2010 provides protection against discrimination for people who have the protected characteristic “gender reassignment” (broadly: being transgender), such as in the workplace, in housing, transport and other services.
It was never intended that this general protection should mean people gain the right to access to single sex services for the opposite sex, such as males having access to specialist services for women, and their children, who have been the victim of sexual and domestic violence.
The need for women’s refuges, rape crisis centres and counselling…
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John Bolton’s White House memoir requires conservatives to do some thinking
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John Bolton’s book on his time as Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser – The Room Where it Happened – is worth reading. His forensic training means he sets out clearly his own actions and their motivations. His recording of the responses of others appears scrupulous, albeit disputed. Failings of omission or judgement in the record seem more probable than failings of accuracy.
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A Video Primer on Austrian Economics
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I went to George Mason University for my Ph.D. specifically because of my interest in both “public choice” and “Austrian theory.”
The former deals with analyzing how politicians, bureaucrats, and voters really behave (as opposed to the naive view you may have learned in a civics class),
and the latter refers to a particular type of economic analysis that was developed by scholars (mostly based in Vienna) in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
I occasionally put in a plug for Austrian economics, largely because it has a lot to offer when analyzing business cycles, monetary policy, and entrepreneurship (it is generally similar to other market-friendly schools of thought when looking at other issues, such as public finance, trade, and regulation).
But I’ve never done a column explaining Austrian economics. It’s time to rectify that oversight thanks to a 7-part video series narrated by Professor Steve Horwitz.
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