Yet another freedom sapping international treaty committee of unelected apparatchiks.
Net Zero Cargo Ships? International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Demands Climate Action
Net Zero Cargo Ships? International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Demands Climate Action
24 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics
ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Tikanga Challenge for Law Schools, the Rule of Law – and Parliament
24 May 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights
Barrister Gary Judd KC’s complaint to the Regulatory Review Committee has sparked a fierce debate about the place of tikanga Māori – or Māori customs, values and spiritual beliefs – in the law. Judd opposes the New Zealand Council of Legal Education’s plans to make teaching tikanga compulsory in the legal curriculum. AUT Law School…
ROGER PARTRIDGE: The Tikanga Challenge for Law Schools, the Rule of Law – and Parliament
Almost Observable Human Capital
24 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice

Previously, we could observe a higher proportion of men than women in, say, steel fabrication and suspect that men have “some sort” of physical or mental comparative advantage related to steel fabrication. But what does that mean?
Almost Observable Human Capital
New article by some middling economists about Biden Admin. merger policy
24 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, industrial organisation, law and economics Tags: competition law, merger law enforcement
DETERRENCE IN MERGER REVIEW: LIKELY EFFECTS OF RECENT U.S. POLICY CHANGESBy Luke M. Froeb, Steven T. Tschantz & Gregory J. WerdenWe model likely effects of Biden Administration changes in merger enforcement on five discrete decisions in the review process. We find that the policy changes can be expected to stop many bad mergers but only at the cost…
New article by some middling economists about Biden Admin. merger policy
The Death of Franklin Roosevelt – WW2 Documentary Special
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: World War II
Living in sin
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics Tags: economics of fertility
How serious is an MP’s failure to declare $178k in donations?
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand
Bryce Edwards writes – It’s being explained as an “inadvertent error”. However, National MP David MacLeod’s excuse for failing to disclose $178,000 in donations for his election campaign last year is not necessarily enough to prevent some serious consequences. A Police investigation is now likely, and the result of his non-disclosure could even see him […]
How serious is an MP’s failure to declare $178k in donations?
Wage setting explained
23 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics
MPS
22 May 2024 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, financial economics, fiscal policy, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics
22 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Italy, nuclear energy
Charter Schools are a worthwhile addition to our school system – but ACT is mis-selling why they are Good and Labour is mis-selling why they are Bad.
22 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice
We know the old saying, “Never trust a politician”, and the Charter School debate is a good example of it. Charter Schools receive public funding, yet “are exempt from most statutory requirements of traditional public schools, including mandates around .. human capital management .. curriculum & instructional practices, and governance & management structures”. That’s a…
Charter Schools are a worthwhile addition to our school system – but ACT is mis-selling why they are Good and Labour is mis-selling why they are Bad.




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