On the decline of socialism in the Americas
21 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela
The prediction market speaks on the Republican presidential primaries
16 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in financial economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: 2016 presidential election, prediction markets
Current US, British and French public and private expenditures on health per capita, PPP since 1960
09 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Health spending
https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/678444166016335872/photo/1
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2015.
US, British and French public and private health spending per capita, PPP since 1995
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, British economy, France, Health spending
https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/678444166016335872
Source: World Bank Health expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international$) | Data | Table.
Whose voting base has succumbed to unthinking populists?
31 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, international economics, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election
What is fascism?
14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in history of economic thought, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election
HL Mencken on the @realDonaldTrump & @BernieSanders
13 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, income redistribution, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, expressive voting, left-wing populists, Leftover Left, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, right-wing populists
Fact checking @Bernie Sanders latest presidential debate
27 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic growth, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: 2016 presidential election, Leftover Left, Twitter left
The incentive effects of the living wage and a carbon tax @BernieSanders
25 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, energy economics, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, carbon tax, climate alarmism, expressive voting, Leftover Left, living wage, rational irrationality, Twitter left
How liberal are the Democratic candidates?
17 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Democratic Party, Leftover Left, Twitter left
Has Obama ‘elected more Republicans than any human being in history’?
08 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, congressional elections, Democratic Party, Republican Party
Everything is on sale compared to 1979 @BernieSanders @jeremycorbyn
29 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, good old days, Leftover Left, living standards, Twitter left
HT: Stephen Berry.
@CarlyFiorina says it all on action to fight global warming @jamespeshaw @AndrewLittleMP @garethmorgannz
24 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, climate alarmists, expressive voting, free riding, game theory, global warming, international public goods, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
@BernieSanders @HillaryClinton drug price controls will shorten lives
21 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, creative destruction, drug lags, entrepreneurial alertness, innovations, intellectual property, patents and copyright, price controls
Drug price controls have populist appeal, but patients are the ones they would hurt the most bit.ly/1X3e742 http://t.co/ulXuGHLSld—
Manhattan Institute (@ManhattanInst) October 17, 2015

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