Q&A: Allis and Ronald Radosh
27 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, politics - USA Tags: Israel
Saving Democracy From Itself: The Democratic National Committee Moves To Block Third Party Candidates
27 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in the New York Post on a reported plan of the Democratic National Committee and allied groups to try to block third-party candidates from the 2024 ballot. The contradiction is stunning as these groups raise money to “save democracy” by limiting democratic choice. In the meantime, the leading third-party candidate Robert […]
Saving Democracy From Itself: The Democratic National Committee Moves To Block Third Party Candidates
The UK shows why it is one of the most tolerant countries there is
27 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination Tags: British politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Vaughan Gething has just been elected as First Minister of Wales. He is black (his mother is Zambian) and this makes him the first black leader of a country in Europe. It also means that none of the four leaders of the UK are white men. And I (especially) have nothing against white men, but […]
The UK shows why it is one of the most tolerant countries there is
Universal Basic Income: The Freiman-Caplan Debate
27 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: child poverty, family poverty, negative income tax
As expected, I really enjoyed the Institute for Liberal Studies’ UBI debate between myself and Chris Freiman. Chris was definitely the least enthusiastic UBI supporter I’ve debated. All the way to the point of, “Given all the truly promising ideas we have, and the downside risks of the UBI, perhaps I shouldn’t even publicly defend…
Universal Basic Income: The Freiman-Caplan Debate
Times are a changing
27 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of love and marriage, law and economics Tags: marriage and divorce, political correctness, regressive left
“As A True Marxist…”
26 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: regressive left, Watermelons
So said the Green MP Ricardo Menendez March about himself in Parliament the other day when rising to speak about a bill. As DPF archly noted on his Kiwiblog, you can bet your bottom dollar that the MSM will refuse to term him as “Far Left” in the way they term ACT or even Winston as […]
“As A True Marxist…”
DON BRASH: Terminated for saying “no” to cultural training – what’s next? (UPDATED)
26 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: affirmative action, Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
The following is written by Don Brash in his capacity as Hobson’s Pledge Trustee. As I shared with you previously, the Real Estate Authority (REA) said they were going to cancel real estate agent Janet Dickson’s licence for five years because she would not take a compulsory Māori culture course. Then, the real estate company…
DON BRASH: Terminated for saying “no” to cultural training – what’s next? (UPDATED)
*Who’s Afraid of Gender?*
26 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, law and economics, property rights Tags: Age of Enlightenment, conjecture and refutation, free speech, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left
That is the title of the new Judith Butler book, focusing mostly on trans issues. To be clear, on most practical issues concerning trans, I side with the social conservatives. For instance, I don’t think trans women have a right to compete in women’s weightlifting contests. And I have not been happy with how many […]
*Who’s Afraid of Gender?*
Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic
26 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, growth disasters Tags: Haiti
I am setting aside most of the cultural and “macro” issues, and just considering policy, in my latest Bloomberg column. Excerpt: Consider agriculture. If you fly over Hispaniola, you can see a notable difference between the Haitian and Dominican sides of the border. The Dominican side has plenty of trees, whereas the Haitian side is denuded. Much […]
Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic
NZ’s problem is too much spending, not a lack of tax
26 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, economic history, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, public economics
Labour and Greens in 2017 campaigned on capping core crown expenditure at no more than 30% of GDP. This was their election pledge. At one Budget I asked Grant Robertson about the policy and he (admirably) replied it was a limit, not a target. The latest forecast had expenditure at 33.4% of GDP. That 3.4% […]
NZ’s problem is too much spending, not a lack of tax
Real ‘Green’ Energy: Germany Bulldozes Ancient Fairytale Forest For Wind Turbines
25 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, Germany, wind power
If the wilderness being turned into smouldering ash is used as a platform for hundreds of 260m high/300 tonne industrial juggernauts, it’s all for the greater good (as in the case above, where huge areas of pristine tropical rainforest is being wiped out in Far North Queensland to make way for hundreds of these things). […]
Real ‘Green’ Energy: Germany Bulldozes Ancient Fairytale Forest For Wind Turbines
California’s Electricity Disaster In Seven Charts
25 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
Residential electricity prices jumped nearly 12% in 2023 and they are going higher. But the carbon intensity of power generation isn’t falling and low-income ratepayers are subsidizing the rich.
California’s Electricity Disaster In Seven Charts
Home detention for attempted murder
25 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
The Herald reports: A high school student wrote a detailed “kill plan” and told his ex to stay away from school on the day he wanted to kill her new boyfriend. But when his plans went awry, the teen instead went to his schoolmate’s home days later, swinging a machete at his victim’s head, slicing…
Home detention for attempted murder
The “Perversity” of Michael Cohen: Federal Judge Denounces Cohen as a Serial Perjurer
25 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential elections, 2020 presidential election, 2024 presidential election
Michael Cohen was back in court this week and it did not go well. The former fixer for Donald Trump was in court seeking a reduction in his federal sentence and to answer for his use of Google’s AI chatbot to submit arguments with fake case authority. However, things went off the rails when his […]
The “Perversity” of Michael Cohen: Federal Judge Denounces Cohen as a Serial Perjurer
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