The Death of Franklin Roosevelt – WW2 Documentary Special
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: World War II
Living in sin
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics Tags: economics of fertility
How serious is an MP’s failure to declare $178k in donations?
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand
Bryce Edwards writes – It’s being explained as an “inadvertent error”. However, National MP David MacLeod’s excuse for failing to disclose $178,000 in donations for his election campaign last year is not necessarily enough to prevent some serious consequences. A Police investigation is now likely, and the result of his non-disclosure could even see him […]
How serious is an MP’s failure to declare $178k in donations?
Wage setting explained
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics
MPS
22 May 2024 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, financial economics, fiscal policy, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics
22 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Italy, nuclear energy
Charter Schools are a worthwhile addition to our school system – but ACT is mis-selling why they are Good and Labour is mis-selling why they are Bad.
22 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
We know the old saying, “Never trust a politician”, and the Charter School debate is a good example of it. Charter Schools receive public funding, yet “are exempt from most statutory requirements of traditional public schools, including mandates around .. human capital management .. curriculum & instructional practices, and governance & management structures”. That’s a…
Charter Schools are a worthwhile addition to our school system – but ACT is mis-selling why they are Good and Labour is mis-selling why they are Bad.
Terrible poll for Biden
21 May 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
The NY Times published a poll done by Sienna (top rated polling company) in six battleground states. They showed Biden behind in five of the six states by margins ranging from 2% to 14%. It’s only one set of polls, but the demographic breakdowns are what is fascinating. This is Trump’s lead over Biden in […]
Terrible poll for Biden
Biden’s Voldemortian Theory of Privilege: The President Whose Voice Must Not Be Heard
21 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election

Below is my column in The Hill on the curious claim of executive privilege over the audiotape from President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. It is the first time that I know of where the content of a presidential conversation was treated as unprivileged but not audio of the conversation claimed as […]
Biden’s Voldemortian Theory of Privilege: The President Whose Voice Must Not Be Heard
There is still reason to hope despite the fact that more than three-quarters of Americans say the United States is headed in the wrong direction
21 May 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism, macroeconomics Tags: The Great Enrichment
See The Case for Hope by Nicholas Kristof of The NY Times. Excerpts:”whenever I hear that America has never been such a mess or so divided, I think not just of the Civil War but of my own childhood: the assassinations of the 1960s; the riots; the murders of civil rights workers; the curses directed at…
There is still reason to hope despite the fact that more than three-quarters of Americans say the United States is headed in the wrong direction




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