Bill Maher’s latest comedy/politics skit on Real Time is called “New Rule: Crazy in Gov”. In it, he takes the Republicans to the woodshed, which should dispel the stupid rumors that Maher is a right-winger because he found Trump a genial host during a dinner at the White House. (Those who go after Maher for this always […]
Bill Maher’s latest “New Rule”
Bill Maher’s latest “New Rule”
30 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in television, TV shows
The erosion of medical journals
30 Oct 2025 1 Comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
Of all the papers in the special issue of the Journal of Controversial Ideas on censorship in science, the one below is perhaps the most important, as the censorship being imposed can cause permanent damage to humans. I’ve described this censorship before: it involves papers on or critiques of extreme claims of gender ideologues, especially […]
The erosion of medical journals
The scramble for Africa
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, international economics, International law Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires
Implications of the (Second) Libertarian Landslide in Argentina
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, development economics, economic growth, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics Tags: Argentina
In yesterday’s column, I celebrated the huge victory for Javier Milei and his libertarian LLA party in Argentina’s mid-term elections. Today, let’s contemplate the consequences. Starting with this video. The above video is from an interview yesterday with the great Ross Kaminsky of KOA in Denver. He wanted to know the big-picture meaning of Sunday’s […]
Implications of the (Second) Libertarian Landslide in Argentina
How the British establishment votes
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in politics Tags: British politics
An interesting poll at Electoral Calculus, where a 2,000 person poll of the British Establishment was done. They found: It would be interesting to do the same poll here. Very telling. Hating your country’s history! The post How the British establishment votes first appeared on Kiwiblog.
How the British establishment votes
The MR Podcast: Our Favorite Models, Session 2: The Baumol Effect
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation
On The Marginal Revolution Podcast this week we continue discussing some of our favorite models with a whole episode on the Baumol effect (with a sideline into the Linder effect). I say our favorite models, but the Baumol Effect is not one of Tyler’s favorite models! I thought this was a funny section: TABARROK: When you […]
The MR Podcast: Our Favorite Models, Session 2: The Baumol Effect
The Great Enrichment
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape
Agustín Etchebarne on Milei and the election
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, libertarianism Tags: Argentina
Passed along to me by the excellent Gonzalo Schwarz, I will not double indent: “Against all odds, Javier Milei achieved a major national victory, surpassing the expectations of polls that had predicted a technical tie, and doing so in a context where markets were deeply pessimistic and heavily dollarized. Despite having most of the media […]
Agustín Etchebarne on Milei and the election
Another Libertarian Landslide in Argentina
28 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, liberalism, libertarianism Tags: Argentina
The good part about being a libertarian or classical liberal is that you are always morally and economically correct. The bad part is that very few elections ever produce unambiguously happy outcomes. Here’s my list: 1980 presidential election in the United States. 1994 and 2010 congressional elections in the United States.* 2016 vote for Brexit […]
Another Libertarian Landslide in Argentina
Te Pāti Māori’s campaign truck repossessed
28 Oct 2025 1 Comment
Shiny on the outside, rotten at the core
Te Pāti Māori’s campaign truck repossessed
NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak – what happened in 2019 should be a warning
28 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: anti-vaccination movement, vaccines
Anna Howe, Emma Best and Rachel Webb write – The recent confirmation of new measles cases unconnected to international travel suggests the highly contagious disease has likely started spreading through communities, according to Health New Zealand. This is a stark reminder of the pending danger of a larger measles outbreak. To prevent transmission once the measles virus […]
NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak – what happened in 2019 should be a warning
The Out-Sized Importance of Today’s Mid-Term Elections in Argentina
27 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, development economics, economic growth, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: Argentina
I explained two months ago that Argentina’s mid-term elections are critically important, and here’s some of what I said in an interview with Austin Peterson. I’ll be paying close attention to the results later today for three reasons. The mid-term elections will determine whether Milei has legislative support for the additional reforms that are desperately […]
The Out-Sized Importance of Today’s Mid-Term Elections in Argentina
Teslas and virtue flaunting
27 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
I have been waiting for several weeks for this first car—a Tesla sedan (or whatever you call it)—to show up on my block again. It finally did, as I wanted to photograph it. First, the back (license plate number redacted): And, just to the left of the plate is this sticker: For zero emissions AND […]
Teslas and virtue flaunting
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