Frank William Abagnale: Doctor, Lawyer, Pilot… (Not)
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, movies
The Pox of Liberty – dixit the Political Economy of Public Health
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
A few weeks ago, I finished reading the Pox of Liberty authored by Werner Troesken. Although I know some of his co-authors personally (notably the always helpful Nicola Tynan whose work on water economics needs to be read by everyone serious in the field of economic history – see her work on London here), I never met Troesken. Nonetheless, I am what you could call a “big fan” in the sense that I get a tingling feeling in my brain when I start reading his stuff. This is because Troesken’s work is always original. For example, his work on the economic history of public utilities (gas and electricity) in the United States is probably one of the most straightforward application of industrial organization to historical questions and, in the process, it kills many historical myths regarding public utilities. The Pox of Liberty is no exception and it…
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How Do Star Trek’s Deflector Shields Work? (Because Science w/ Kyle Hill)
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in movies, television Tags: space, star trek
Ten Minute English and British History #19 – The Early Stuarts and the Gunpowder Plot
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of religion, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: English history
Carbon Credits Backfire
21 Sep 2018 1 Comment
One of the favorite climate policy prescriptions is to apply carbon pricing either by a direct tax or by requiring purchase of carbon credits or offsets. Now comes a report of unintended consequences, namely that rising prices for carbon credits have increased the demand for coal, the most disliked of all fossil fuels.
From Bloomberg Why Higher Pollution Costs Aren’t Denting Coal Demand in EU Excerpts in italics with my bolds.
If you thought the surging price of fossil-fuel emissions in Europe would hurt coal demand, think again.
The highest prices for carbon credits in a decade have also lifted natural gas, discouraging power stations from making the switch away from coal. As a result, demand remains strong for the dirtiest fossil fuel in the continent that’s doing the most to clean up its economy. Coal prices as a result reached their highest in five years on Tuesday.
Gas futures…
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A Conversation With David Friedman – part 7: Keynesianism, Chicago & Austrian Schools, & AnCap
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economics of crime, law and economics
David Friedman at Libertopia 2010
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, David Friedman, economics of crime, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights Tags: creative destruction
Why men pay to stay married and wives nag their husbands – Steve Landsburg
20 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage
Colleges = Leftest Indoctrination Camps
20 Sep 2018 1 Comment
Warning to parents! College is the most dangerous place you can send your kid. And I’m not talking about physical danger. I’m talking about mental danger.
At some point you may not know your kid when he comes home. 18 years of raising your kid could be thrown away in no time at all. Your kid will be taught ‘what’ to think or else. Is your kid strong enough to stand up to the kind of pressure he will face from the Post-Modernist indoctrinators who teach in and run the Universities?
WALTER E. WILLIAMS ARTICLE
In this article, Colleges: A Force For Evil, Walter E. Williams states: “Many of the nation’s colleges have become a force for evil and a focal point for the destruction of traditional American values.”
“The threat of our future lies in the fact that today’s college students are tomorrow’s teachers, professors, judges, attorneys, legislators…
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Once Again, A Last Minute Ambush!
20 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
Dianne Feinstein has been sitting on a claim from one Christine Blasey Ford PhD, a psychology instructor at Palo Alto University, which is a school of psychology and counseling in Palo Alto, that she was assaulted by Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a high school party 36 years ago, but she can’t remember where the party was, who was there, or just when it was. But supposedly 30 years later when she and her husband were in couples counseling, she remembered, but not very much. Dianne Feinstein could have raised the question of the accusation back in August, or several years ago, or at Kavanaugh’s earlier hearings, or in her private meeting with Kavanaugh, but surprisingly, she saved the accusation until after the Kavanaugh hearings and just before the actual vote. Uh Huh.
Democrats have pulled stunts like this twice before. (Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas) Their goal is control of…
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