Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in applied price theory, economic history, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: tarrifs
I have made no secret of me deep skepticism about President Trump’s tariff policies since he announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April 2025. My first-blink “Thoughts on the Trump Tariffs” from a few days after the announcement has held held up reasonably well, and I have posted follow-ups on the subject a number of…
All About Tariffs
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in economics of crime, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
One of the most persistent differences between the political left and right concerns their attitudes towards crime and punishment. Broadly speaking, the right tends to emphasise personal responsibility, deterrence and punishment, while the left is more inclined to emphasise the social causes of crime, rehabilitation and the circumstances of offenders. These are generalisations, of course, […]
Crime and Politics
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Election law expert and UCLA Prof. Rick Hasen (Election Law Blog) has a post about this; an excerpt: Today’s New… The post The Law and Democrats Allegedly Recruiting Second “Dan Sullivan” to Run in Alaska Senate Race appeared first on Reason Magazine.
The Law and Democrats Allegedly Recruiting Second “Dan Sullivan” to Run in Alaska Senate Race
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in economic history, International law, politics - USA Tags: maps
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in economics of information, politics - USA, Public Choice
Democrats’ apparent effort to confuse Alaska voters about candidates’ names is reprehensible. But politicians’ routine lying and exploitation of ignorance about policy issues is much worse.
Creating Voter Confusion About Candidates’ Names is Bad – But Exploiting Voter Ignorance About Policy Issues is a Much Bigger Problem
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in defence economics, transport economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
When people think of sports cars, Porsche often comes to mind. Its iconic design makes it instantly recognizable when spotted on the road. From 1962 to 1996, the Dutch police utilized Porsches for high-speed patrols, marking a significant chapter in the history of law enforcement vehicles. In the early 1960s, with no speed limits on […]
Porsche and the Nazi Regime
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Israel Kirzner
Tweet… is from page 30 of Israel Kirzner’s 1985 volume, Discovery and the Capitalist Process [original emphasis]: What is important about the market economy is that unexploited opportunities for reallocating resources from one (low market valued) use to another of higher value offer the opportunity for pure entrepreneurial gain. A misallocation of resources occurs because,…
Quotation of the Day…
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in budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, econometerics, economic history, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics
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in discrimination, libertarianism, Murray Rothbard Tags: racial discrimination
Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995), has been called “the most gifted libertarian writer of his generation” (p. 251). Rothbard prided himself as, in Nancy MacLean’s words, libertarianism’s “most scathing guardian of libertarian orthodoxy” (p. 147). He was an “anarcho-capitalist” who believed that all governmental functions should be privatized, including national defense and police forces.
More Libertarians: Murray Rothbard and Competitive Racism
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in economic history, economics of education
From Samuel Hughes, in Works in Progress: The elites of Victorian Britain operated differently. Their schools and universities were not terribly academic and had very little STEM. As adults, they got up late, drank a lot, and spent a remarkable share of their waking hours partying. They loved feasting, sports, holidays, dancing, and dressing up.…
How and why did the Victorians succeed?
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in economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The other day I expressed dismay that NYT writer John McWhorter produced a piece heartily endorsing land acknowledgments (“LA”s). That was out of character for a man who got a lot of attention for his “antiprogressive” stands, encapsulated in his book Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America. My objection to the…
John McWhorter goes back to antiwoke
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: 2026 general election
Chris Trotter writes – By allowing themselves to be recorded alongside the Mongrel Mob, Te Pāti Māori, Green, and Labour MPs may have cost the Left the election. Harry Tam is one of those rare individuals with the ability to bring outsiders inside. As a working proposition, promoting the interests of the Mongrel Mob would […]
The Left and the Mob
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Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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