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RCA TR-4 Television Video Recorder advertisement, 1966.
24 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, industrial organisation Tags: creative destruction
Net Zero is Losing the Battle of Ideas
23 Oct 2024 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, solar power, wind power
It is encouraging that my intervention drew an enthusiastic round of applause which is testament to the growing scepticism about Net Zero among the general public. It appears to me that cracks are appearing in the cosy green consensus in Westminster and if we get our arguments right, we can win this debate.
Net Zero is Losing the Battle of Ideas
Reflections on United Arab Emirates
23 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, energy economics, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, property rights, Public Choice Tags: Dubai, economics of immigration
On my way to India, I connected through Abu Dhabi, capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). During my one-day layover, I toured not only Abu Dhabi, but its more famous sister-city, Dubai. Here are my main thoughts.In Dubai, these are not empty words.Per-capita, UAE is the most amazing country I’ve ever seen. With…
Reflections on United Arab Emirates
Little support for name change
23 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
From Kiwiblog – Research NZ found: Change name to Aotearoa 8% (-5% from 2022) Change name to Aotearoa New Zealand 19% (-5%) Change name to something else 2% (+2%) Do not change name 66% (+7%) Unsure 5% (+2%) So the current name is 8 times more popular than Aotearoa and 3.5 times more popular than Aotearoa […]
Little support for name change
US presidential election forecast E-15
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Trump is now favoured to win by four of the six prediction sites. It remains a remarkably close race with none of the seven swing states having a lead of more than 2%. As the average polling error in US presidential elections is 4%, it will come down to who does better than their polls. […]
US presidential election forecast E-15
Abolish the Electoral College
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, constitution law
Since it appears increasingly likely that the winner of the popular vote for president will not win the election, we are already seeing calls to “dump the electoral college.” Predictably, since the Democrat is the candidate who is likely to win the vote but lose the election, these calls are … Continue reading →
Abolish the Electoral College
Bill Maher on the unlikelihood of an ”October Surprise”
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Here’s Bill Maher’s monologue from his most recent Real Time show, arguing that voters should not expect an “October surprise”. He argues that because Trump has been so persistently awful in familiar ways, that there will be no change in his character before the election (remember that it’s just about two weeks away). He’s in five […]
Bill Maher on the unlikelihood of an ”October Surprise”
Google buys world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness It’s good enough for Google, but not for Mad Miliband! Google has struck a deal to buy the world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors, as technology companies race to secure power for their data centres. The US search engine giant has ordered a fleet […]
Google buys world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors
AFTERMATH: LIFE IN THE FALLOUT OF THE THIRD REICH 1945-1955 by Harald Jahner
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, World War II
(Berlin at the end of World War II) Today Germany finds itself as the strongest economic power in Europe, in addition to possessing major military influence due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Its influence in Europe is strong and many of the goals of the Nazi regime during World War II have been achieved […]
AFTERMATH: LIFE IN THE FALLOUT OF THE THIRD REICH 1945-1955 by Harald Jahner
WSJ Video on Trump-Biden-Trump Tariffs
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: 2024 presidential election, tarrifs
TweetI can pick a few nits with this eight-minute-long video from the Wall Street Journal on tariffs – for example, for all of their many problems, tariffs do not (contrary to what’s reported in the video) cause any net, economy-wide loss of jobs. Nevertheless, this video is quite good, not least because it features the…
WSJ Video on Trump-Biden-Trump Tariffs
‘Gaps And Inconsistencies’: Up To $41 Billion In World Bank Climate Handouts Unaccounted For, New Report Finds
21 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice
Up to $41 billion of the funds distributed to climate causes by the World Bank between 2017 and 2023 are unaccounted for due to poor accounting standards, according to an audit from Oxfam International published Thursday.
‘Gaps And Inconsistencies’: Up To $41 Billion In World Bank Climate Handouts Unaccounted For, New Report Finds
Favorite Lennon photo
21 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, Music Tags: useful idiots
Sir Apirana Ngata on The Treaty
21 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Sir Apirana Ngata is on our $50 note. He was a lawyer and then was the MP for Eastern Maori for almost 40 years. He was Minister of Native Affairs for six years.He made huge contributions to Maori land reform, language and culture. He also wrote a booklet in 1922 on the Treaty of Waitangi, […]
Sir Apirana Ngata on The Treaty
Their best solo performances: Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
21 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in Music
I am certain I posted both of these songs before, but I was just listening to “Big Love “ by Lindsey Buckingham and performed by him beside Fleetwood Mac in The Dance tour and album; and I thought I would pair that one with what I see as the best solo by his erstwhile bandmate […]
Their best solo performances: Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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