Many of you have written in and asked what I think of president Bukele throwing all those gang members (and possibly others) in jail without much due process. I do hope to learn more about this, including possibly with a trip to El Salvador later this year. In the meantime, I say let’s put aside […]
El Salvador and the elasticity of supply
El Salvador and the elasticity of supply
11 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, industrial organisation, law and economics
The Real Secret of Blue Zones
11 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
Netflix has a new documentary on Blue Zones, regions in the world such as Okinawa Prefecture, Japan; Nuoro Province, Sardinia, Italy; the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Icaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California, where people appear to live “extraordinarily long and vibrant lives.” What are the secrets of such blue zones and how can you live […]
The Real Secret of Blue Zones
New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Rights in Albuquerque for “Public Health Emergency”
10 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday suspended laws that allow open and concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days after declaring a public health emergency. The order, in my view, is flagrantly unconstitutional under existing Second Amendment precedent. It could also be a calculated effort to evade a ruling by making […]
New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Rights in Albuquerque for “Public Health Emergency”
School Choice Hypocrite
10 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
I’ve written about disgustingly hypocritical politicians who oppose school choice for poor families while sending their kids to private schools. President Obama President Obama’s Education Secretary Elizabeth Warren Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina Gov J.B. Pritzker of Illinois Now there is another hypocrite. The boss of the Chicago teachers union is a big opponents […]
School Choice Hypocrite
Thousands of NYC Rent-Controlled Apartments Sit Vacant
10 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory Tags: rent control
Here’s evidence, if anyone needs it, that rent control contributes to housing scarcity: a new report says that more than 13,000 rent-controlled apartments have been vacant for at least two years. Nearly 90,000 rent-controlled apartments were vacant in 2021 and more than 60,000 were still vacant in 2022. Manhattan apartment … Continue reading →
Thousands of NYC Rent-Controlled Apartments Sit Vacant
Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Turns Trainwreck: Australians Face More Summer Blackouts
10 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Dry spells, spell hot summers in Australia, which spell load shedding and mass blackouts, whenever the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in. The summer of 2017/18 was a scorcher. Back then, load shedding caught power consumers short in South Australia, Victoria and NSW. Energy-hungry businesses such as aluminium smelters and even hospitals were forced […]
Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Turns Trainwreck: Australians Face More Summer Blackouts
Mugged by reality – literally
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
HOW IT STARTED: “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Say it with me. Dismantle. The. Minneapolis. Police. Department.” That’s one Shivanthi Sathanandan , a vice chairwoman of Minnesota’s Democrat-Farmer-Labor party, jumping onboard the BLM/Antifa-led Defund The Police movement after the death of George I-stick-this-gun-in-your-pregnant-belly Floyd. HOW IT ENDS: That photo is of […]
Mugged by reality – literally
Handy guide
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, gender, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
Creative destruction
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in financial economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction
Ragefully Wrong: A Response to Professor Laurence Tribe
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
Below is my column in the New York Post in response to the attack this week by Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe. I am honestly saddened by the ad hominem attacks that have become common place with many academics like Tribe. There was a time when legal disagreements could be passionate but not personal. The use…
Ragefully Wrong: A Response to Professor Laurence Tribe
Dan Klein Dissects Left and Right
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
My colleague Dan Klein is famous for his research on academics’ ideology. Recent Bet On It discussions of left versus right inspired him to shoot this video. You can also view detailed notes for the lecture here. Enjoy!Update: Dropbox link fixed.Dan Klein
Dan Klein Dissects Left and Right
Blackballing academics for the Monetary Policy Committee?
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in business cycles, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: monetary policy
A few months ago, RBNZ and Treasury made some pretty extraordinary claims about the appointment process for external members of the Monetary Policy Committee. Treasury had, in notes released under OIA, said that academic economists with an ongoing research interest in the area were considered conflicted for the MPC.Michael Reddell’s written a lot more on it…
Blackballing academics for the Monetary Policy Committee?
Britain’s Wind Industry In Freefall: Rising Costs See More Major Projects Scrapped
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The value of subsidies to wind power is falling, while the cost of erecting and operating these things has skyrocketed. The result is a complete collapse in wind power capacity investment in Britain, and elsewhere. The usual suspects are running a mile from projects that were (on paper) worth billions. While the wind industry pretends […]
Britain’s Wind Industry In Freefall: Rising Costs See More Major Projects Scrapped
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