More bullying of MPs for @SpeakerTrevor to police
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: free speech
Gary Becker — The Economist’s Economist
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in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, Gary Becker, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, health economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking
5 Scientists with Ideas That Nobody Believed … Who Were Right
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in economics of media and culture
Reagan at Reykjavik: The Weekend That Ended the Cold War
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in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: nuclear weapons
“The assault was completely unprovoked and threatening… these kinds of attacks drive a wedge between elected representatives and those who elected them” @jeremycorbyn
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in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: law and order, regressive left
Another day on the Twitter left
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: law and order, regressive left
A note for the spiritually certain
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in economics of religion, law and economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment
The occupational hazards facing members of parliament
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in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: law and order
Only a coward assaults an 86 year old Milton Friedman
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in economics of crime, law and economics, Milton Friedman, Richard Posner Tags: regressive left
Does the left believe in equality before the law and oppose political violence?
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: regressive left
Looking beyond BBC Two’s portrayal of the Gaza Strip
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Gaza has two borders
As recorded here last week, the recent BBC Two film ‘One Day in Gaza’ told viewers that:
“…Israel tightened its blockade on the region citing security concerns and strictly controlling all movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip. Today the economy is in freefall. More than half of Gaza’s two million inhabitants live in poverty and rely on aid. And they’re prevented from leaving what is one of the most densely populated regions on earth.” [emphasis added]
That misleading claim is of course not novel to BBC content and neither is the related and not infrequently seen politicised framing of the Gaza Strip as an ‘open-air prison’ – see examples here, here and here.
At the Erez crossing into Israel:
“Every day an average of 1,000 Gazan residents enter Israel through Erez Crossing. The vast majority of these people are those…
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Freedom, Friedman, & Family Trajectory: David Friedman – Blue Frontiers Podcast E09
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of crime, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, law and economics, libertarianism, property rights Tags: anarchocapitalism
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