The Mystery of the Pyramids’ Construction
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: pyramids
Jonathan Haidt: The 3 Factors that Caused the Fragile Generation
15 Sep 2018 1 Comment
in economics of education Tags: political correctness
How Zoning Laws Are Holding Back America’s Cities
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: NIMBY, zoning
Recycled rubbish
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
That’s the title of my former colleague Ian Harrison’s response to the government’s consultative document on getting rid of (some types of) plastic bags. The consultation itself closed yesterday, but nobody supposes the consultation itself was remotely serious – the irrational ban is going to happen anyway. Having dug fairly deeply into the material used to support/underpin the consultative document, Ian illustrates just how little substance there is to the case.
Here are his key conclusions
Supermarket checkout bags do not materially contribute to littering. Common sense and overseas evidence tells us that supermarket checkout bags are not littered frequently. There is more littering of very small bags, but mostly they will not be caught by a ban. Supermarket bags possibly contribute only around 0.1-0.2 percent of littered rubbish by weight. The Ministry has neglected to conduct a survey on the actual extent of supermarket bag littering.
Supermarket checkout…
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Statistical dating
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture Tags: dating market
Can the Free Market End Global Poverty? Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz vs. NYU’s William Easterly
15 Sep 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought Tags: The Great Enrichment, William easterly
Disgusting Jobs in History Series #1
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: compensating differences
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