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The Battle of Arleux – Robert Nivelle Gets Fired I THE GREAT WAR Week 145
04 May 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
May Day: Appeals Court Rules Against Kids’ Climate Lawsuit
03 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights
Update May 1, 2024 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants Federal government’s petition for writ of mandamus in the case of Juliana v. United States, originally filed in 2015. Ruling excerpts are below in italics with my bolds. 20240501_docket-24-684_order In the underlying case, twenty-one plaintiffs (the Juliana plaintiffs) claim that—by failing to adequately respond to […]
May Day: Appeals Court Rules Against Kids’ Climate Lawsuit
Farmers Uninsurable Risk: Solar Factory Neighbours Face Total Financial Ruin
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: solar power, wind power
Farmers have no hope of insuring their properties to cover damage caused to neighbouring solar factories. Public liability cover in property insurance contracts ordinarily caps out at around $20 million in Australia. As with any type of insurance, the greater the cover, the greater the premium. Although, there are certain risks that no insurer will […]
Farmers Uninsurable Risk: Solar Factory Neighbours Face Total Financial Ruin
The Used EV Timebomb
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
Our investigation found that many EVs could become almost impossible to resell because of their limited battery life.
The Used EV Timebomb
Jonathan Haidt and Candice Odgers debate the relationship between social media and mental health
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture
Does social media worsen mental health for young people, especially young women? It has become an article of faith for many that it does. And there is bountiful anecdotal and research evidence that supports the view. Take, for example, the furore that erupted back in 2021 around Frances Haugen’s leaking of internal Facebook research showing the negative…
Jonathan Haidt and Candice Odgers debate the relationship between social media and mental health
Why So Obsessed with Decarbonizing?
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
How did the current obsession with decarbonization arise? Part of a lecture given by Prof. R, Lindzen to MIT Students for Free Inquiry on March 6, 2024 is posted by John Ray at his blog Greenie Watch. Excerpts in italics with my bold and added images. Currently, there is great emphasis on the march through […]
Why So Obsessed with Decarbonizing?
Some Economics of Tipping
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply Tags: asymmetric information, moral hazard, tipping
Why leave a tip? You have already received whatever food or service you are going to receive. Maybe if you are a very regular customer, tipping could lead to better service in the future. But most people who leave tips do so even if they are stopping off at, say, a restaurant in a city…
Some Economics of Tipping
Countries With Most Wind & Solar Generation Suffer World’s Highest Power Prices
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
As night follows day, adding more wind and solar capacity inevitably results in rocketing power prices. The hard numbers say it all. China enjoys the world’s lowest power prices, thanks to cheap, abundant and reliable coal-fired power. Adding to their advantage, China is building dozens of new coal-fired and nuclear powered plants. It’s almost as […]
Countries With Most Wind & Solar Generation Suffer World’s Highest Power Prices
How we know that the sun changes the Climate. Part I: The past
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
by Javier Vinós Part I of a three part series. The Sun is a variable star and the amount of energy it emits varies from month to month, year to year, and century to century. One of the manifestations of these variations are sunspots, which are more common when the Sun is more active and…
How we know that the sun changes the Climate. Part I: The past
Tying the Knot
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: abortion law reform
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a right to abortion, thus leading to restrictions on abortion in many states. The pictures is from The Economist, the original paper is here.
Tying the Knot
Five Straight Minutes Of Senile Dementia
30 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Basically just a follow-up to my post on Biden’s senility the other day (Inaudible Pause), where I said I’d lost track of his incidents. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has done the job. Trigger Warning: this is painful to watch, and when you think about the nuclear codes, scary. As Sasha Stone says, allowing Joe […]
Five Straight Minutes Of Senile Dementia
Electric car demand plunges across Europe
30 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars, European Union
Sales of electric cars have stalled despite Europe’s plans to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2035.
Electric car demand plunges across Europe
Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously
29 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on the first week of testimony in the Trump trial. It is making Rube Goldberg’s 13 step self-operating napkin look like a model of efficiency and clarity. It is so convoluted and illogical it is mesmerizing. Here is the column:
Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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