Deming, Ong and Summers have a good overview of long-run and very recent changes in the US labor market. Using a measure of occupational titles the authors find: The years spanning 1990-2017 were the most stable period in the history of the US labor market, going back nearly 150 years. It’s a bit too early […]
Technological Disruption in the US Labor Market
Technological Disruption in the US Labor Market
27 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: creative destruction
Savoie ne sait pas: The Governor General of Canada Does Not Unadjourn the House of Commons
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in politics Tags: Canada, constitutional law
The Governor General does not decide when the House of Commons or the Senate come out of an adjournment and resume sitting. The House of Commons and Senate vote to adjourn themselves and to resume sitting, but the Crown summons, prorogues, and dissolves Parliament on the Prime Minister’s advice. This really is not complicated. Yet […]
Savoie ne sait pas: The Governor General of Canada Does Not Unadjourn the House of Commons
Govt Consultation on EV Targets
26 Dec 2024 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics Tags: British politics, electric cars, hybrid cars
By Paul Homewood The Government has begun consultations on the role of hybrid cars between 2030 and 2035: . The UK automotive and charging industries have been invited to shape the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles, as the UK government works with the sector to harness the huge opportunities for economic growth and […]
Govt Consultation on EV Targets
Biden’s Curious Capital Punishment Stance is Vintage Biden
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: capital punishment, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
The decision of President Joe Biden to clear the federal death row has caused an uproar in some quarters and praise in others. There are good-faith arguments on both sides. However, there was a curious element to the Biden pardons for 37 people on death row. There were 40 people on death row. Three remain.
Biden’s Curious Capital Punishment Stance is Vintage Biden
Bye and Bye: Washington State Moves To Toward a “Wealth Tax” As the Wealthy Move to Leave the State
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, income redistribution, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: regressive left, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and savings, wealth tax
Washington State’s unofficial state motto has long been “Al-ki” which means either “bye and bye” or “by and by” in Chinook. The former meaning now seems official as Gov. Jay Inslee pushed for a “wealth tax.” Wealthy citizens are already saying bye to the state in anticipation of what one Democratic billionaire recently called a […]
Bye and Bye: Washington State Moves To Toward a “Wealth Tax” As the Wealthy Move to Leave the State
Maps
26 Dec 2024 1 Comment
in economic history, international economic law, International law, politics - USA Tags: economics of borders, maps
The Reichstag Fire Trial: A Timeline of Power, Propaganda, and Resistance
26 Dec 2024 1 Comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Nazi Germany
The Reichstag Fire Trial, held in Leipzig from September 21 to December 23, 1933, was one of the most notorious and politically charged trials of the 20th century. The trial followed the fire that engulfed the Reichstag building in Berlin on February 27, 1933. This event and its subsequent judicial proceedings not only reflected the […]
The Reichstag Fire Trial: A Timeline of Power, Propaganda, and Resistance
Holes in IPCC Science Revealed
26 Dec 2024 1 Comment
in economics of education, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism
Graeme Weber reports from Australia on the history revealing multiple holes in IPCC claimed “settled science.” His paper is IPCC – Miss/Diss information? shared with me by email. Graeme is an earth scientist, retired consulting geologist and advocate for nuclear energy. His text is in italics with my bolds and added images. Several years ago, […]
Holes in IPCC Science Revealed
RODNEY HIDE: Doctors and Nurses now Kill and Maim
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: abortion law reform
Our Doctors and Nurses are leaving babies to die should their attempt to kill them in utero fail. Their only care is to wrap the poor things in a blanket as they struggle and strain to their last pained breath. That happens now in New Zealand hospitals with nurses and doctors present with the ability…
RODNEY HIDE: Doctors and Nurses now Kill and Maim
UK Labour Caught in Own Net-Zero Trap
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, climate activists, wind power
Rupert Darwall explains how UK Labour ensnared itself in his Spectator article Labour has walked into a net-zero trap of its own making. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The government’s net-zero noose draws tighter. At energy questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the Conservative MP Charlie Dewhirst asked the […]
UK Labour Caught in Own Net-Zero Trap
UK Labour Caught in Own Net-Zero Trap
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, climate activists, wind power
Rupert Darwall explains how UK Labour ensnared itself in his Spectator article Labour has walked into a net-zero trap of its own making. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The government’s net-zero noose draws tighter. At energy questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the Conservative MP Charlie Dewhirst asked the […]
UK Labour Caught in Own Net-Zero Trap
UK Labour Caught in Own Net-Zero Trap
26 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, climate activists, wind power
Rupert Darwall explains how UK Labour ensnared itself in his Spectator article Labour has walked into a net-zero trap of its own making. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The government’s net-zero noose draws tighter. At energy questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the Conservative MP Charlie Dewhirst asked the […]
UK Labour Caught in Own Net-Zero Trap
The Christmas Truce of 1914: A Beacon of Humanity in the Midst of War
25 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Amid the chaos and carnage of World War I, a remarkable event unfolded on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 1914 that remains a powerful symbol of hope and humanity. The Christmas Truce, an unofficial ceasefire on the Western Front, showed that even in the darkest of times, the human spirit can shine brightly. Setting […]
The Christmas Truce of 1914: A Beacon of Humanity in the Midst of War
Nuclear Waste could be the game-changer to Unlimited Electricity
25 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, entrepreneurship Tags: nuclear energy
Today, nuclear waste is the key to Unlimited Electricity, as that “so-called nuclear waste”, the slightly used nuclear fuel (SUNF), still has 97% of its electricity potential yet to be realized.
Nuclear Waste could be the game-changer to Unlimited Electricity
Please Santa, Just One More Present
25 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Argentina, British politics, Canada, France, Germany, regressive left
I must have been extra good this year because my prezzie list is overflowing with bounty: But there’s one present that Santa could bring me for Christmas: the complete and utter destruction of the Justin Castrudeau government in Canada – and it’s close to happening: Now, the Liberal Party is imploding in Canada. They were […]
Please Santa, Just One More Present
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