Human Capital, Development, and Growth
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Edward Prescott on real business cycles (2002)
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, Edward Prescott, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: Japan, real business cycles, taxation and labour supply
David Friedman – Election Scenarios
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, Richard Posner, survivor principle
Sweden during World War 1 – Balancing Neutrality I THE GREAT WAR Special
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in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Sweden, World War I
#OTD Trudeau – just watch me
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in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Canada
Voyage of SMS Emden
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Robert Lucas 1995
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in business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, great depression, history of economic thought, labour economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas, unemployment Tags: real business cycles
Environmental Disaster: Wind Turbines Continually Catch Fire, Throw Blades & Collapse
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California’s wind power proponents promised a clean, green future – instead, they’ve delivered a wholesale environmental disaster.
In the desert surrounding Ocotillo, locals have been putting up with wind turbines self-immolating, throwing their blades in all directions, leaking and spraying oil and collapsing to the desert floor, for years now (see our post here).
Here’s a tale of what a ‘clean’, ‘green’ energy future really looks like.
Ocotillo Wind Turbine Collapses Again
East County Magazine
Henri Migala and Miriam Raftery
20 September 2021
Residents in Ocotillo are voicing concerns after yet another wind turbine collapse at the Ocotillo Wind Energy facility. There were no injuries or damage to other structures when the 300-foot-tall turbine crashed to the desert floor at the trouble-prone facility on Thursday, September 16. But residents are raising serious questions over public safety at the site, which produces energy to SDG&E to power the San Diego…
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Sports Stadiums Are Bad Public Investments. So Why Are Cities Still Paying for Them?
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Book Review: “Medicine in the Middle Ages: Surviving the Times” by Juliana Cummings
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The period of human history that we know today as the Middle Ages spanned over a thousand years, and within that time, significant progress was made into understanding our world. Inventions and discoveries were made not just in Europe but throughout the known world during this time. One area of study that saw a lot of change was medical studies and understanding the human body. How did physicians heal the sick during the Middle Ages, and how did their experiences change their field of study? These questions and more are all explored in Juliana Cummings’ latest book, “Medicine in the Middle Ages: Surviving the Times.”
I want to thank Pen and Sword Books and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this book. I like learning about aspects from the past, so when I saw this title, I was interested in reading it. I am not usually curious about…
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Controlled Experiments
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An interesting story – and for those so inclined, an amusing one – out of the United States.
How Amish Communities Became The First To Achieve Covid “Herd Immunity”.
A reporter interviewed members of the Amish communities in Pennsylvania to see how they’ve been handling Covid-19 without electricity, TV or the Internet, with limited phones and basically just being cut off from the outside world, as has been their practice since their founding in the US over a century ago.
The Amish are a Christian group that emphasizes the virtuous over the superficial. They don’t usually drive, use electricity, or have TVs. And during the Covid-19 outbreak, they became subjects in a massive social and medical experiment.
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After a short shutdown last year, the Amish chose a unique path that led to Covid-19 tearing through at warp speed. It began with an important religious holiday in May.
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David Friedman, James Bennett | Space Development Property Rights & Legal Considerations
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in David Friedman, economics of crime, law and economics, property rights Tags: space
Peter J. Boettke — “Regulation and Entrepreneurship”
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