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in business cycles, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, inflation targeting, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: economics of pandemics, monetary policy
This was the post I was planning to write this morning to mark Orr’s final day. That said, if the underlying events – deliberate attempts to mislead Parliament – were Orr’s doing, the post is more about the apparent uselessness of Parliament (specifically the Finance and Expenditure Committee) in holding him and the rest of […]
Not much parliamentary scrutiny
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in economic history, entrepreneurship Tags: The Great Enrichment
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in Music
Yes. they say that age is “just a number,” but it isn’t in one sense: the bigger the number, the closer we are to taking The Big Nap. But in the birthday/anniversary sense, yes, it’s significant—though only because humans evolved with ten digits. And Eric Clapton has one of these anniversaries: he was born on […]
Eric Clapton is 80
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in constitutional political economy, discrimination, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Enlightenment, constitutional law, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell has a simple proposed members’ bill to amend the Bill of Rights Act to have equal suffrage extend to local government. Equal suffrage is a fundamental human right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says: The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will […]
Equality of suffrage seen as bad by Radio NZ
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, industrial organisation, international economics, labour supply Tags: free trade, tariffs
TweetHere’s a note to a new correspondent. Mr. P__: Thanks for your feedback on Phil Gramm’s and my piece, in yesterday Wall Street Journal, on trade deficits. You believe that I “and Sen. Gramm omit that every US trade deficit means Americans are consuming more than they are producing, a habit that is unsustainable.” With…
U.S. Trade Deficit Do Not Mean that We Americans Are Living Beyond Our Means
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in discrimination, economics of education, gender, sports economics Tags: free speech, gender gap, political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
World Athletics is supporting female sport: It sounds so simple that you wonder if there’s something you’ve misunderstood. In order to “doggedly protect the female category”, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has announced that his organisation will become the first to introduce cheek swabs or dry blood tests to verify an athlete’s biological sex. These are […]
Science, girls and women win
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in economics of crime, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights Tags: gun control
In a decision that could well find itself before the Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s ban on “large capacity” magazines. In a rare move, Judge Lawrence Van Dyke offered a video dissent to the majority opinion.
Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s Ban on “Large Capacity” Magazines
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in television, TV shows
Bill Maher’s latest news-and-comedy shtick (8½ minutes) deals with “Trump Devotion Syndrome”: the sycophancy that imbues the cowards of America who don’t want to offend the Orange Man. Lots of Presidential rump osculation here! Putting his image on Mount Rushmore and on American currency? But of course! Oh, and there’s the “transgender mice” he mentioned. […]
Bill Maher’s latest bit
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
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in discrimination, gender, sports economics, television Tags: gender gap, sex discrimination
Here is the link, via Alex T. The post Men watch women’s sports more than women do appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
Men watch women’s sports more than women do
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in discrimination, econometerics, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap, sex discrimination
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If the projections pan out, Canada is about to have a quite normal election for its electoral system.
Canada 2025 election called: What to expect
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in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap
This paper examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on labor market outcomes and gender wage gaps using a job search and bargaining model with parameters that vary at the individual level. The analysis, based on German panel data, reveals that both cognitive and noncognitive traits significantly influence wages and employment outcomes. Higher […]
Personality traits and gender gaps
29 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: British politics, climate activists
“Little doubt that civil disobedience makes the perpetrator feel virtuous. But the anti-CO2, anti-industrialization movement is at war with society, reality, and itself. This fringe is urged to question a false cause with study and reflection … Real environmentalism please!”
‘Just Stop Oil’ … Stops
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