Chess Openings: Learn to Play the French Defense Against the Exchange Va…
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
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Teachers Union Issues List Of Climate Demands As Students Struggle To Read At Grade Level
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate activists
The CTU will push the city to include initiatives like electric school buses, green jobs training programs for students and reducing emissions from buildings with solar panels and other retrofits, among other initiatives,
Teachers Union Issues List Of Climate Demands As Students Struggle To Read At Grade Level
Who Really Won The Battle of the Somme? (WW1 Documentary)
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
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in labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing society, Japan
Reminder: Historical Natural Warming Rates Dwarf Modern Climate Change
21 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Greenland
Greenland has not warmed (net) in the last 90 years. From 80,000 to 20,000 years ago Greenland warmed by 10-15 Kelvin within a span of “a few decades” 24 times (Kypke and Ditlevsen 2024). These abrupt warming periods occurred without concomitant CO2 concentration changes. And, of course, without human interference. Image Source: Kypke and Ditlevsen…
Reminder: Historical Natural Warming Rates Dwarf Modern Climate Change
Murphy’s Law of Economic Policy
21 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, Public Choice, public economics
Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.” I’d never heard of it before and it’s quoted in this review of a book called “Free Lunch Thinking – How Economics Ruins […]
Murphy’s Law of Economic Policy
Hardcore Thai Massage Satisfyingly CRACKS My Broken Back
21 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics
JORDAN WILLIAMS: We can’t afford cancer drugs, but can afford this?
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand, public economics
While cancer patients wait for the Government to “find the money” to fund desperately needed modern drugs, the very money meant for health research and saving lives is being flushed down the toilet. At our weekly staff meeting this morning, the research team took me through the latest batch of grant funding decisions by the…
JORDAN WILLIAMS: We can’t afford cancer drugs, but can afford this?
Senate Passes Major Pro-Nuclear Bill, Sends To Biden’s Desk
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: nuclear energy
The Senate passed a major piece of pro-nuclear energy legislation on Tuesday, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk.
Senate Passes Major Pro-Nuclear Bill, Sends To Biden’s Desk
BBC Worried About Kenyan Farmer’s Climate Scepticism
20 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood h/t Ray Sanders It is hard to describe just how low the BBC has sunk. Climate change deniers have found a new champion in Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu. On social media, he has become known as a flagbearer for fossil fuels in Africa, but […]
BBC Worried About Kenyan Farmer’s Climate Scepticism
Snitches Give Stitches: Oregon Moves to Make Reporting Microaggressions Mandatory for Doctors
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, implicit bias, political correctness, regressive left
There is a controversy in Oregon over a proposed change in the ethics rule from the Oregon Medical Board. At issue is the use of “microaggressions” to discipline doctors and to make reporting such transgressions mandatory for all doctors. It seems before you can give stitches, you have to join snitches under one of the […]
Snitches Give Stitches: Oregon Moves to Make Reporting Microaggressions Mandatory for Doctors
Just Stop Oil Terrorists Desecrate Stonehenge
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: British politics, climate activists
The blatant vandalism of a cherished historical site is unlikely to garner public support; instead, it fosters resentment and further polarizes debate, reducing complex scientific and policy discussions to simplistic and destructive acts of rebellion.
Just Stop Oil Terrorists Desecrate Stonehenge
The Danish Mortgage System Avoids Lock-In
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, financial economics, law and economics, property rights, urban economics Tags: Denmark
Tyler and I have been promoting the Danish mortgage system for years. Recall that in the Danish system each mortgage is backed by a matching bond. As a consequence, mortgage holders have two ways to pay a mortgage: 1) hold the mortgage and pay the monthly payments or 2) buy the matching bond and, in […]
The Danish Mortgage System Avoids Lock-In
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