At the end of the article, Haferburg comes to the conclusion that we will continue to see coal-fired power plants in operation for a very long time.
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: coal power, Germany, wind power
The New York Times, reporting on a shooting in Vermont, gratuitously incites hatred against Israel
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
It’s taken me a while to fathom how anti-Israeli (or even antisemitic) the New York Times is, but the article below exemplifies this bias, which constantly leaks into the paper’s news reporting and non-op-ed stories. In fact, I find that the Times of Israel gives more accurate information about the war than does the NYT. […]
The New York Times, reporting on a shooting in Vermont, gratuitously incites hatred against Israel
Bill Maher’s weekly monologue
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, television, TV shows Tags: 2024 presidential election
Bill Maher’s 8½-minute monologue, largely about the advanced age of Joe Biden, aired on Real Time last night. His point: don’t let the opposition define you, and be who you really are. In Biden’s case, that’s being old, and Biden should, says Maher, “own it.” I’m not sure that would really work, though. Americans watch Biden, […]
Bill Maher’s weekly monologue
The Uncompetitive Urban Land Markets Theory of Everything
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, regulation, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
The Housing Theory of Everything has one of those wonderful self-explanatory titles. A good title matters. The recent and thorough essay explains how the anglosphere’s unnecessarily expensive housing affects, well, everything. Or at least almost everything.Zoning makes it too hard to build houses where people want to build. Urban containment policies block new subdivisions, so…
The Uncompetitive Urban Land Markets Theory of Everything
Europe’s Consensus on Climate Is Crumbling
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
What is happening all over Europe is the first organized revolt against the green agenda.
Europe’s Consensus on Climate Is Crumbling
PETER WILLIAMS: RIP Newshub
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand, survivor principle Tags: media bias
Could anything have saved it? The real surprise is not that Newshub is going under but that it’s lasted this long. TV 3 started broadcasting in November 1989, almost 35 years ago. It was a different era. There was no Sky, no digital platforms and the new kid on the block was going head to head…
PETER WILLIAMS: RIP Newshub
CALLUM PURVES: National preparing to keep Labour’s 15% App Tax
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in fiscal policy, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, public economics
Labour’s App Tax is a 15% sales tax paid for by the mum and dad accommodation providers, takeaway joints, and ride share drivers. The App Tax hits sole-traders who sell their services through an app or website such as Uber or Airbnb. It will add even more to the costs of living for every Kiwi…
CALLUM PURVES: National preparing to keep Labour’s 15% App Tax
Did Bush Lie About Iraq?
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace, defence economics Tags: Atomic weapons, Iraq
A Lesson In Anti-Colle System | No Pawn Lost | Rubinstein vs Blumenfeld…
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
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IPCC’s New “Hockey Stick” Temperature Graph
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their latest assessment report (AR6) in 2021. In 2023, the Clintel Foundation published a report which criticizes AR6.
IPCC’s New “Hockey Stick” Temperature Graph
Conrad Loses His Job – Nivelle’s Coup I THE GREAT WAR Week 136
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
The Controversial Episodes of Dad’s Army That Will Never Air Again
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in television, TV shows
ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Economics 101 explains why Newshub Bankrupted
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, market efficiency, politics - New Zealand, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: creative destruction
Economics 101 explains why Newshub Bankrupted – it was the fault of its own journalists who should recognize they were the architects of their own demise. A thousand books and papers in economics and business strategy are about the topic of product differentiation – ensuring that what you sell is different from others in order…
ROBERT MacCULLOCH: Economics 101 explains why Newshub Bankrupted
New York AG Sues Beef Producer
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, greenwashing
This is the latest in an increasing series of Greenwashing suits around the world. Some notable examples.
New York AG Sues Beef Producer
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