The ABC reports: There are concerns that former Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto will be bankrupted after being ordered to pay costs of $2.3 million after losing his defamation battle with Moira Deeming. … The Federal Court order handed down on Friday morning, raises the prospect Mr Pesutto will be bankrupted and forced out of…
He should have apologised
He should have apologised
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - Australia, property rights Tags: defamation, free speech
Propping up the film sector or stimulating growth?
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, movies, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, television Tags: corporate welfare
Ani O’Brien writes – On Friday night, having imbibed a few wines I strayed onto X to unwisely engage in some (slightly drunk) opinion sharing. I tweeted:
Propping up the film sector or stimulating growth?
David Friedman on markets, governments and whether we need either?
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of crime, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights
To Be or Not To Be a Hypocrite? Outrage over Trump Targeting Law Firms is Turning Shakespearean
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent opinion blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the law firm of Perkins Coie for its role, on behalf of the Clinton campaign, in the Russian collusion scandal. The opposition to the order has taken on a certain Shakespearean flare that conceals the underlying hypocrisy […]
To Be or Not To Be a Hypocrite? Outrage over Trump Targeting Law Firms is Turning Shakespearean
Once again, pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Chicago violate campus rules but don’t get punished
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left
If you’ve read about the various pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests across American campuses, one thing you’ll notice is a general reluctance to punish demonstrators when they violate university rules. Of course protests are usually fine if they conform to First Amendment principles (though some schools don’t hold those principles), but they’re never fine when they […]
Once again, pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Chicago violate campus rules but don’t get punished
Family Guy – Coyote finally gets the Road Runner
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
in television, TV shows
Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: SHOCK CLIMATE REPORT! Urban Heat Islands Responsible for 65% of Global Warming
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
A new study from the University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is responsible for the higher temperatures at weather stations across the world. Dr. Roy Spencer and Dr. John Christy have spent several years developing a novel method that quantifies, for the first time, the average UHI warming effects related to population density. Their finding: no less than 65% of “runaway global warming” is not caused by our emissions of carbon dioxide, but by the urbanization of the world.
Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: SHOCK CLIMATE REPORT! Urban Heat Islands Responsible for 65% of Global Warming
Banning the AFD would make them stronger
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
in politics Tags: free speech, Germany
Matt Goodwin writes: There’s a national election. The mainstream parties do badly. They are challenged by an insurgent party that seems more in touch with the country. The mainstream parties then form a coalition, with no plan other than to keep themselves in power and the insurgent party out of power. Then, the intelligence services in that […]
Banning the AFD would make them stronger
Rebellion I THE GREAT WAR Week 199
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
A New Rule from Bill Maher
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, television, TV shows
Here’s the comedy bit from Bill Maher’s latest “Real Time”, and it’s called “New Rule: Don’t be a hypocrite.” A few examples: Trump touting electric cars (Teslas) after he appropriated Elon Musk. Republicans buying Tesla cybertrucks after most saying they’d never buy an electric truck The American Academy of Pediatrics reversing its position on getting […]
A New Rule from Bill Maher
MPs suspended
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
The Privileges Committee has recommended the following consequences for the MPs who disrupted the House, being These are all sensible recommendations, fitting the circumstances for each MP. The most important thing to understand is this is not punishing MPs for doing a haka. Hakas are often done in the House. I have been there for […]
MPs suspended
US Holders of Foreign Assets, Foreign Holders of US Assets, and Exorbitant Privilege
18 May 2025 Leave a comment
in financial economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
US investors put money in assets of other countries, including “portfolio investment” which focuses on ownership of stocks and bonds without a management interest, and “foreign direct investment” which is owning enough of a foreign company to have a management interest. Conversely, foreign investors put money into US dollar assets in the US economy. Erin…
US Holders of Foreign Assets, Foreign Holders of US Assets, and Exorbitant Privilege
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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