Canada is a case study in screwing up marijuana legalisation @nzdrug @familyfirstnz
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand
.@nzdrug comes clean at last about its #fakenews that 870 go to prison for low-level drug offences @familyfirstnz
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in economics of crime, politics - New Zealand
Paul Romer: The view from economic history
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
by Nuno Palma (University of Manchester and CEPR). Republished with minor adjustments from the blog “Economic Growth in History”
In this post I write about the connections between Paul Romer’s work, which is essentially applied theory, and the empirical work on long-run economic growth done by economic historians. How was Romer influenced by the work of economic historians? has he influenced economic history? and have his theories been confirmed by the recent work of economic historians? (preview: I will argue that the answers are: yes; not much; and no). Nevertheless, my point above is not that Romer is wrong in general; in fact some of his ideas *about ideas* are fundamental for us to think about growth in the past (read on if this isn’t clear yet.)
Paul Romer in 2005. Wikimedia Commons
Paul Romer’s was a well-deserved and long-anticipated prize. Many predicted he would eventually win, including myself in my very…
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How to Prepare for a Presidential Run
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in politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election
Free Market Environmentalism with Terry Anderson: Perspectives on Policy
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in environmental economics Tags: recycling
Groom of the Stool (Worst Jobs in History)
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking
Ten Minute History – The Russian Revolution
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in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, Marxist economics Tags: Russian revolution
Thomas Sowell – A Closer Look At Discrimination
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in economics of education Tags: racial discrimination, sex discrimination
Steven Pinker & Elizabeth Spelke | The Science of Gender & Science | Mind Brain Behavior Discussion
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in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, health economics, human capital, occupational choice Tags: cognitive psychology, gender wage gap
The House of Commons and the Brexit deal: A veto player or a driver of policy?
16 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
With parliament set to vote on the government’s Brexit deal today, there is much speculation about what will happen if it is rejected. Here, former Clerk of Committees Andrew Kennon analyses the potential scenarios, including whether or not the House of Commons could end up running the country directly.
A key concern for the House of Commons when voting on the proposed deal with the European Union will be not only the merits of the agreement itself, but what happens if it is defeated. In theory, parliament – and in particular the House of Commons – is the ultimate source of constitutional authority within the UK system. But, in this particular circumstance, if MPs reject what is on offer, will they be able to take the initiative and impose a different course of action, or will they simply have to wait for the government to act?
The key problem for…
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The Price of the Poor’s Words: Social Relations and the Economics of Deposing for One’s “Betters” in Early Modern England
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
by Hillary Taylor (Jesus College, Cambridge)
This article is published by The Economic History Review, and it is available on the EHS website
Poverty and Wealth. Available at Wikimedia Commons
Late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England was one of the most litigious societies on record. If much of this litigation was occasioned by debt disputes, a sizeable proportion involved gentlemen suing each other in an effort to secure claims to landed property. In this genre of suits, gentlemen not infrequently enlisted their social inferiors and subordinates to testify on their behalf.[1] These labouring witnesses were usually qualified to comment on the matter at hand a result of their employment histories. When they deposed, they might recount their knowledge of the boundaries of some land, of a deed or the like. In the course of doing so, they might also comment on all sorts of quotidian affairs. Because testifying…
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