100 CHESS TIPS in 7 MINUTES to Crush Everyone (For Beginners & Intermedi…
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Changing times
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of languages
RICHARD PREBBLE: We must get our children back to school
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand
It will not matter what was agreed in 1840 if the coalition cannot get our children back to school. Most children do not attend school regularly. Nations that do not educate the next generation are doomed to fail. In the 3rd term last year most Pakeha pupils, 52%, did not go to school regularly.…
RICHARD PREBBLE: We must get our children back to school
Climatists Mistake Means for Ends
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Roy Gilbert exposes the fundamental mistaken thinking regarded global warming/climate change. His Spectator Australia article is Conceptual Error in Climate Change Analysis. H/T John Ray Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. It is often said that the ‘science is in on climate change’. Is it? We should always adhere to the principle […]
Climatists Mistake Means for Ends
Pay to Play: Trump Faces a Staggering Cost for Appeal
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in law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column on Fox.com on the demand for roughly a $455 million dollar deposit or equivalent bond for Donald Trump to be able to seek appellate review of the recent judgment against him. The combination of the fine and the deposit rule highlight the confiscatory elements of this judgment. Here is the column:
Pay to Play: Trump Faces a Staggering Cost for Appeal
Raffael N. Fasel: Ouster Clauses and the Silent Constitutional Crisis
20 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, property rights Tags: British constitutional law
In a recent comment on the Government’s Rwanda Bill and on speculations about an unprecedented strike down by the Supreme Court, Professor Mark Elliott asked a question that has been on many UK public lawyers’ minds lately: “Are we headed for a constitutional crisis?” This question, to be sure, is not new. However, with a […]
Raffael N. Fasel: Ouster Clauses and the Silent Constitutional Crisis
Tino Rangatiratanga and localism
20 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights Tags: Canada
My piece for the Saturday papers weekend before last, and now ungated here, went back to a theme that Richard Harman had noticed in the Waitangi speeches. Minister Shane Jones argued fuller debate on the meaning of Tino Rangatiratanga is inevitable, saying, “There is a deep, committed view from Pita Tipene and others that article two…
Tino Rangatiratanga and localism
Māori force indigenous prayer on secular district-council meeting
20 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in economics of religion, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left
Meanwhile, the fun continues in New Zealand, as this article from Te Ao, which conveys Māori news, attests. In fact, there’s a video, so you can see the whole episode, as well as a transcript of the video. Here’s what happened: A local district council met and one of the participants wanted to recite a […]
Māori force indigenous prayer on secular district-council meeting
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