Operation Albion Concludes – Allied Failures In Belgium I THE GREAT WAR …
20 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Why I wouldn’t vote for Trump
19 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Nate Silver has a good way of explaining why he will vote for Kamala Harris. Before he looks at anything else, he asks is there anything that is disqualifying about a candidate. His answer is Trump’s support of January 6 disqualifies him, and there is nothing Harris has done that is disqualifying, so he will […]
Why I wouldn’t vote for Trump
Aus Deputy PM Chief of Staff resigns due to bullying
19 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, unions
News.com.au reports: Richard Marles’ chief of staff says she is “being bullied out” of her dream job after reporting misbehaviour directly to the Deputy Prime Minister. In a press conference on Thursday morning, Jo Tarnawsky said she “loved” her job working for Mr Marles, whom she had known for “more than 10 years”. But she […]
Aus Deputy PM Chief of Staff resigns due to bullying
GARY JUDD KC: A student should not be forced to learn about tikanga to be a lawyer
19 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law
My oral submission to the Regulation Review Committee. Yesterday [Oct 16], Parliament’s Regulation Review Committee heard oral submissions concerning my complaint to the Committee asking that a member of the committee move a resolution asking the House of Representatives to disallow the regulations promulgated by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education. If the regulations…
GARY JUDD KC: A student should not be forced to learn about tikanga to be a lawyer
Was WW1 Pointless? – War Goals Of Every Major Nation
18 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, international economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I
IDF reports that Yahya Sinwar is dead “with high likelihood”
18 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
UPDATE: The verification is almost complete. From the Times of Israel: Channel 12 publishes what it says is a police document showing that one of the identification tests conducted earlier today regarding the body of a dead terrorist, apparently on the basis of photographic dental comparisons, found a “full match” to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. […]
IDF reports that Yahya Sinwar is dead “with high likelihood”
The gender gap that dare not speak its name
18 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, racial discrimination
Judd on Tikanga
18 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law
Guest Post: KiwiSaver – is it ‘working’?
17 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand
A guest post by Michael Littlewood: So, John Horner of the Financial Markets Authority thinks that KiwiSaver’s reaching $100 bn “…is something to celebrate; for a relatively small country like New Zealand, it represents a coming of age of KiwiSaver.” (FMA 24 September 2024 here). Others in the financial services industry praise KiwiSaver while some call for […]
Guest Post: KiwiSaver – is it ‘working’?
Incentives matter, the demand curve slopes downward, mental health edition
17 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, health economics
Since 2000, pharmaceuticals for common psychiatric conditions aged out of patent protection. After generic entry, supply increases as more sellers enter the market, leading to lower prices – about 80-85% less! Cheaper prescriptions and more treatment are the stated goal of policies to improve affordability. …Drug prices definitely fell during this period. For the SSRI sertraline, consumer cost per month dropped from ~35 dollars in […]
Incentives matter, the demand curve slopes downward, mental health edition
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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