1914 – Outbreak and Escalation of WW1 (Full Documentary)
14 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Jon Stewart Examines Biden’s Future Amidst Calls For Him to Drop Out | T…
13 Jul 2024 1 Comment
in politics - USA, television, TV shows Tags: 2024 presidential election
New Rule: Bye Bye Biden | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
13 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, television, TV shows Tags: 2024 presidential election
DON BRASH: ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SPEECH FROM CHRIS BISHOP
13 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
Four months ago, I described a speech by Chris Bishop in his capacity as Minister of Housing as perhaps the most important speech given by any Government minister since the election last year. He’s just given another, arguably even more important, laying out in words of one syllable what the Government plans to do…
DON BRASH: ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SPEECH FROM CHRIS BISHOP
In Science, fifteen New Zealand researchers criticize the initiative to teach indigenous “ways of knowing” as science
13 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Enlightenment, conjecture and refutation, free speech, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left
Two letters have just been published in Science signed by a total of 15 scientists, all criticizing the first article below (published in Science last February), a piece arguing for teaching indigenous knowledge (including N.Z.’s version, Mātauranga Māori) alongside science in the science classroom. (Click to read.) Now the authors, after being criticized, denied that […]
In Science, fifteen New Zealand researchers criticize the initiative to teach indigenous “ways of knowing” as science
“The First Amendment is Out of Control”: Academic and Media Figures Rally Against Free Speech
13 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Below is my column in Fox.com on renewed attacks on free speech and the apologists for this anti-free speech movement, including most recently comedian Jon Stewart. From moves to amend the First Amendment to mocking those being targeted, the left is pushing back at polls and efforts to restore free speech values. Here is the […]
“The First Amendment is Out of Control”: Academic and Media Figures Rally Against Free Speech
Operation Beach Party – Mustard Gas Unleashed I THE GREAT WAR Week 155
13 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
French far left beat French far right
13 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics Tags: France
The electoral pact between the centrist and left candidates succeeded massively. The National Front were beaten into third place due to 200 candidates withdrawing to stop vote splitting. This is not a bad thing. I am no fan of the National Front, but will admit their current leadership is more palatable than the old one. […]
French far left beat French far right
Miliband overrules officials with immediate ban on new North Sea oil
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood The demented idiot really is determined to destroy the UK economy! . Ed Miliband has ordered an immediate ban on drilling in new North Sea oil fields in a decision that overrules Energy Department officials and risks triggering a wave of legal action. In an unusual intervention into what […]
Miliband overrules officials with immediate ban on new North Sea oil
The Failure of Primary Care
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in health economics, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand
In an ageing and growing population, the failure of primary health care in New Zealand is a dire problem. Many general practices are shadows of their former selves. There are too few doctors and too many patients. Many people can’t even get enrolled. Those who are enrolled report wait times to see a GP of…
The Failure of Primary Care
Bryan Caplan on YIMBY in the NYT
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, regulation, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
Here is one excerpt: What few appreciate is that the overregulation of housing has blocked a classic American path: moving to a higher-wage part of the country to secure a better life. A paper by the economists Peter Ganong and Daniel Shoag shows that housing costs now routinely outweigh wage gains: While janitors and waiters do indeed […]
Bryan Caplan on YIMBY in the NYT
Clooney says Biden must go
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
George Clooney writes: I’m a lifelong Democrat; I make no apologies for that. I’m proud of what my party represents and what it stands for. As part of my participation in the democratic process and in support of my chosen candidate, I have led some of the biggest fund-raisers in my party’s history. Barack Obama […]
Clooney says Biden must go
‘Goes Beyond the Limits’: Judge Throws Out Blue City’s Climate Case Against Oil Giants
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
…simply a way to get in the back door what they cannot get in the front door,” Brown wrote in the ruling.
‘Goes Beyond the Limits’: Judge Throws Out Blue City’s Climate Case Against Oil Giants
Is France about to demonstrate “ideal” semi-presidentialism in action?
12 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: France
The outcome of the French assembly election of 2024 appears to have set up a situation that could be described as the “ideal” way that semi-presidential systems are meant to operate, based on how such governance models were articulated by their original theorists.
Is France about to demonstrate “ideal” semi-presidentialism in action?
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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