Both the New York Post (in an editorial-board opinion piece) and the Free Press‘s Nellie Bowles, in her TGIF column this week, report that this political cartoon appeared in the Washington Post, but then was taken down by the editor. It was drawn by Pulitzer-Prize winner Michael Ramirez: Of course it satirizes Hamas’s tactic of […]
Washington Post removes cartoon because it was offensive—to Hamas
Washington Post removes cartoon because it was offensive—to Hamas
11 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
Why Is There Divergence Between the United States and Europe?
11 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, macroeconomics
In economics, convergence theory is the common-sense observation that poor countries – in general – should grow faster than rich countries. But a general principle sometimes has exceptions, and that’s why I put together my anti-convergence club. If you look at members of that club, you’ll notice that when rich countries grow faster than poor […]
Why Is There Divergence Between the United States and Europe?
The myth of cheap offshore wind has been exposed
11 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
By Paul Homewood London, 10 November – Net Zero Watch is calling for an investigation after it was reported that ministers are considering doubling the guaranteed prices on offer for offshore windfarms next year to between £70 and £75/MWh. The news comes after this year’s auction failed to attract any bids from offshore wind […]
The myth of cheap offshore wind has been exposed
Bari Weiss proposes ending DEI
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in discrimination, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: affirmative action, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
Bari Weiss, head of the Free Press, just published this article on her website, but it appeared in Tablet, in identical form, a few days ago. You can click on the headline below to read it, or go here to see it on her site. As the subheader on her FP article says, “It’s not […]
Bari Weiss proposes ending DEI
Roland Fryer on Race, Diversity, and Affirmative Action
11 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination
More Questions about Electric Vehicles
11 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics
Four months ago, the Antiplanner observed that the market for electric cars was supposedly booming. Yet I was skeptical. Ford, Toyota, and other mainstream manufacturers were making very limited runs of electric vehicles, making it hard to get one. Others, such as Fiat-Chrysler, weren’t making any at all. Other than … Continue reading →
More Questions about Electric Vehicles
November 9, 1918: Collapse of the German Monarchies
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Germany, World War I
As the first Word War was drawing to a close, throughout the month of November 1918, all 22 monarchs within the German Empire were either forced to abdicate, or stepped down of their own accord. After the Oberste Heeresleitung stated the German front was about to collapse and asked for immediate negotiation of an armistice, […]
November 9, 1918: Collapse of the German Monarchies
Science denial
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, environmental economics Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, philosophy of science
Pointless Preaching: Zero Chance of Meeting Net Zero CO2 Emissions Targets
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Setting pointless targets and announcing five-year plans is all the rage, which includes playing accounting tricks with carbon dioxide gas emissions. So-called net-zero carbon dioxide gas emissions targets are just the latest tool employed by crony capitalists to separate the poor from their hard-earned cash. Those behind the scam know full well the targets they […]
Pointless Preaching: Zero Chance of Meeting Net Zero CO2 Emissions Targets
Charming The Poles – The Central Powers Look For New Allies I THE GREAT …
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
GRAHAM ADAMS: Does learning te reo make you virtuous?
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages
A week before election day, TVNZ’s John Campbell went to a polling station in Ōtara, South Auckland, to lie in wait for voters. When he encountered a young Māori woman who was about to vote for the first time, his trademark gushiness was unleashed: “Mere is nineteen. She speaks fluent te reo Māori and English.…
GRAHAM ADAMS: Does learning te reo make you virtuous?
This year ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say — ignoring contradictory evidence?
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in econometerics, environmental economics, global warming
The ‘virtual’ in virtually certain is from a computer model result: ‘we combine our data with the IPCC’. Two things to bear in mind: satellite data only started in the 1970s, with other less accurate (due to shortage of data) records being kept from the 1880s onwards, and ‘the mid-Holocene … mean annual temperature reached […]
This year ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say — ignoring contradictory evidence?
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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