Creative destruction
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in economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation Tags: creative destruction
David Friedman on Anarcho-capitalism and education system|Anwesh Satpathy
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Why Does Joseph Stalin Matter?
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in economic history, Marxist economics Tags: Stalin
The Hunt For Red October
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The Hunt For Red October (1990) Director: John McTiernan
★★★★☆
The Hunt For Red October, the first film in the Jack Ryan film franchise and the fourth book in Tom Clancy’s “Ryanverse” novel series, is an excellent white-knuckling submarine thriller of deep-sea espionage. It is a classic of high stakes political brinkmanship. Coming off the backs of 1987’s Predator and 1988’s Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October was John McTiernan’s last classic film before a string of mostly forgettable movies and his impending legal troubles.
The story takes place in 1984 during the Cold War (two days after the film was released in 1990 Boris Yeltsin came to power and marked the collapse of the Soviet Union). In the film, the Soviets have developed a nuclear submarine capable of operating without being traced by sonar. Captain Marko Ramius (brilliantly played by Sean Connery) has gone rogue from…
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Hayek Lecture 2011: Robert Barro on ‘Fiscal-Stimulus Packages’
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in applied price theory, Austrian economics, budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Euro crisis, F.A. Hayek, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, inflation targeting, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics, Public Choice, unemployment
Law Without the State – David Friedman
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economics of crime, law and economics, property rights
Steven Pinker: The leftist, Social Justice Monoculture in the Universities
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in economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Criminals don’t like having their collars felt
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in applied price theory, econometerics, economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, law and order
100 years on female labour supply and occupational choice
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in discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
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