Lost on woke @uklabour @jeremycorbyn @BernieSanders @SenWarren @Greens @NZGreens @AOC
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
Agent-Based Modelling – 4.6.3 – Prof Thomas Schelling, Part 2
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, industrial organisation, labour economics Tags: game theory
Average man is stronger than over 99% of women, taller than 97% of women
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
Recession Buster: Australia’s Economic Recovery Depends On Cheap & Reliable Coal-Fired Power
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
Power them up with cheap & reliable coal-fired electricity.
A Chinese virus has taken up where Australia’s suicidal energy policies left off; crushing the entire economy, rather than just energy hungry industries, like manufacturing and mineral processing. Well, in truth, it’s the political reaction to COVID-19 that’s done the damage, rather than the pathogen itself.
Having destroyed the hospitality and tourism sectors overnight, throttled air transport and eliminated the free movement of Australians between states, talk has already turned to what comes next.
With shortages of medical equipment and machinery, one notion that’s taken hold is the idea that Australia could, once again, become a manufacturing powerhouse. The concept is being branded as “self-reliance” or “self-sufficiency”. Ignoring the fact that Australia’s manufacturing sector has been practically destroyed over the last decade, not least due to the fact that Australian businesses pay among the world’s highest power prices, thanks to an…
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Alexander Latham-Gambi: What is Parliament doing when it legislates? Legislative Intention and Parliamentary Sovereignty in Privacy International.
21 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
In this post I argue, with reference to Privacy International, that the nature of legislation as a speech act entails that the tension between parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law is not as profound as is often thought.
In Privacy International the Supreme Court was tasked with interpreting s.67(8) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, which provides:
Except to such extent as the Secretary of State may by order otherwise provide, determinations, awards, orders and other decisions of the Tribunal (including decisions as to whether they have jurisdiction) shall not be subject to appeal or be liable to be questioned in any court.
My aim here is not to argue in favour of a particular interpretation of s.67(8), but rather to explore some of the ‘meta-issues’ thrown up by Privacy International, specifically concerning legislative intention and parliamentary sovereignty. I shall stress a point that…
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Was the intelligence about Iraq sexed up?
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Atomic weapons, Iraq war
Claim and liberty rights
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, property rights Tags: sex discrimination
What is deficient aggregate demand?
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, Edward Prescott, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycle theory
Alyssa Milano Discovers Due Process
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election
Yugoslavia Crushed – Battle for Greece Continues – WW2 – 086 – April 18, 1941
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
AUSTRALIA PM SCOTT MORRISON ON NEW ZEALAND
20 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
Commenting on the New Zealand approach to coronavirus Aussie Prime Minister Morrison told Britain’s Financial Times, “This is not seen to be in our view a wise trade-off in how we manage the two crises we are facing: the economic one and, of course, the health one.”
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