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Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) July 28, 2015
Must we always tread on eggshells?
03 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of media and culture, liberalism Tags: free speech, meddlesome preferences, moral panic, nanny state, political correctness, trigger warnings
Is the Left liberal?
03 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Left-wing hypocrisy, Leftover Left, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, progressive left
Harm caused by drugs
31 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: alcohol regulation, economics of smoking, marijuana decriminalisation economics of prohibition, meddlesome preferences, tobacco regulation
Harm caused by drugs http://t.co/4gTLCm3hqS—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) June 06, 2015
Alcohol consumption per adult across countries
31 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: alcohol regulation, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
Foodborne Illness and Plastic Bag Bans
18 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: antimarket bias, expressive voting, killer green technologies, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, plastic bag bans, plastic bags, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Where Cannabis is legal
03 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, medical marijuana decriminalisation, nanny state
Map of where Cannabis is legal (2014)
From: bit.ly/1uZ2uvq http://t.co/e0W7fJ8FZC—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 30, 2015
Why are e-cigarettes bad?
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of smoking, expressive voting, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, rational irrationality
Anthony Downs on the unsustainability of buses and trains as compared to cars
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Anthony Downs, antimarket bias, expressive voting, Leftover Left, makework bias, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
HL Mencken on the Harmful Digital Communication Bill
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, law and economics, liberalism, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: chilling effect, disorderly conduct, free speech, infotopia, Internet trolls, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Banning Bottled Water: the Unintended Consequences.
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Starting in 2012, the University of Vermont began a process of requiring that all campus locations selling beverages provided 30% “healthy” beverages, and then that all locations phases out all sales of bottled water.
There were two hope: 1) reduced use of bottles, when bottled water was no longer available, and 2) that healthier beverages would be consumed.
The orange line that drops to zero shows bottled water being phased out. The rising line at the top shows the rise in sugar-sweetened beverages. The red line in the middle that rises sharply shows the rise in sugar-free beverages.
via CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Banning Bottled Water: Unintended Consequences.
What Percentage of Your Country Smokes Marijuana?
25 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, nanny state
What Percentage of Your Country Smokes Marijuana?
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Priceonomics (@priceonomics) April 21, 2015
How fainting couch feminism threatens freedom
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: feminism, free speech, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, political correctness
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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