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Utopian Dreams of Net-Zero
Utopian Dreams of Net-Zero
12 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in environmentalism, economics of regulation, economics of climate change, energy economics Tags: wind power, solar power, climate alarmism, climate activists
The folly of the DSA
12 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: political correctness, free speech, Israel, Gaza Strip, Middle-East politics, regressive left
If you already think the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are bad, have a gander at this interview. An article in the Times of Israel (click screenshot below) summarizes a New Yorker interview, also on video (below), with Megan Romer, current co-chair of the DSA. As you know, DSA members or affiliates are winning important…
The folly of the DSA
SST lashes crazy TOP policy
11 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: 2026 general election
Chris Lynch reports: The Sensible Sentencing Trust has launched a blistering attack on The Opportunity Party’s policy to raise the age of Youth Court jurisdiction, describing it as one of the craziest ideas it has seen in years. Opportunity’s “Smart on Crime” policy promised until recently to “raise the age of the youth court jurisdiction…
SST lashes crazy TOP policy
Deliberately keeping people waiting
11 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
In May 2008, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reportedly kept Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, then Chief of the Defence Force, and Michael L’Estrange, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, waiting for several hours outside his office before a scheduled meeting. L’Estrange reportedly missed an engagement with the French ambassador as a result. It is not as if […]
Deliberately keeping people waiting
The limits Una Jagose KC cannot name
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law
When former Solicitor-General Una Jagose KC told a Law Association breakfast on 2 July 2026 that New Zealand risks “sleepwalking” towards a collapse of the separation of powers, she framed herself as the constitution’s anxious guardian. The framing deserves scrutiny.
The limits Una Jagose KC cannot name
Some Links
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, income redistribution, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: rent control
TweetChristine Rosen uncovers evidence of the pathetic appeal of the DSA. Two slices: But one aspect of the DSA’s appeal has been too often overlooked, particularly by conservative critics: its appeal as a form of instant community for a generation that often lacks one. DSA supporters are a highly homogenous group: 85 percent of DSA…
Some Links
Bill Maher’s new rule re Fauci
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
This week’s Real Time with Bill Maher comedy-and-news bit takes up Rand Paul’s jihad against Anthony Fauci, which includes Paul’s publishing Fauci’s personal diary, which showed Fauci basking in his celebrity. Maher concludes that Fauci is, at the same time, “an esteemed, dedicated public servant” and a “vain, flawed bureaucrat”. As Maher notes, Fauci got…
Bill Maher’s new rule re Fauci
Why Has It Been So Hot This Summer?
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood We’ve been bombarded with claims all summer of record heatwaves. But away from the Met Office’s dodgy weather stations next to airport runways and in walled gardens, the Central England Temperature Series tells a different story.
Why Has It Been So Hot This Summer?
Immigration and Macroeconomic Outcomes in OECD Countries
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply Tags: economics of immigration
OECD countries experienced declining native population growth and rising net immigration over 1990-2024. We compile a new dataset of net immigration rates to OECD countries from all origins and show that most of the increase came from non-OECD countries and was predominantly high-skilled. Push factors, network effects, and policy indices explain little of the large…
Immigration and Macroeconomic Outcomes in OECD Countries
How Socialist Were the Nazis Really?
10 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in economic history, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics Tags: Nazi Germany
A conversation with Kristian Niemietz
How Socialist Were the Nazis Really?
Geloso on how to think like a good economist
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics
I really like Vincent Geloso’s slide deck on market processes, market failures, and government failures.Over the past couple of months, Claude read through about four million words I’ve written to develop an “Eric skill”. I can now give it documents that I don’t have time to read, and it’ll tell me what to watch for. When…
Geloso on how to think like a good economist
Pressure
10 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, movies, war and peace Tags: D-Day, World War II
Who would have thought that someone could make a gripping movie about predicting the weather? Nevertheless, Pressure delivers. To be sure, it’s predicting the weather for D-Day. Excellent cast. Hews very close to the truth. The two camps really did divide on theory versus past prediction and the weather was as portrayed. After the war,…
Pressure
Nagasaki-長崎
09 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: atomic bombings, Japan, World War II
On 9 August 1945, a B-29 named Bock’s Car lifted off from Tinian and headed toward the primary target: Kokura Arsenal, a massive collection of war industries adjacent to the city of Kokura. The primary target was the city of Kokura, where the Kokura Arsenal was located, and the secondary target was Nagasaki, where two […]
Nagasaki-長崎
The Crime of Winning: How Europe’s DMA Punishes Google for Competing
09 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation Tags: competition law
Brussels has found a new way to punish success. Today, the European Commission fined Google €890 million under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for two familiar business practices—featuring its own products and charging for customers its platform helps attract. The Commission imposed €460 million for “self-preferencing,” or giving Google’s services prominent placement in search results,…
The Crime of Winning: How Europe’s DMA Punishes Google for Competing
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