
Day 18 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: 9th 20 cent plastic bag
18 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand Tags: nanny state

Day 15 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: 7th and 8th thick plastic bag
15 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state

Day 10 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: 4th and 5th thick plastic bag
10 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state

Can still win research grants to prove common knowledge
09 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state

Day 8 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: 3rd bag with price hiked to 20 cents
08 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in environmental economics Tags: nanny state

Day 2 of @EugenieSage’s #plasticbagfascism: a second 15 cent bag to recycle as a shoe bag in suitcases
02 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state, virtue signaling

Why Was It Illegal to be “Ugly”?
31 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: nanny state
Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation Tags: nanny state
The 22-Year Ban on Christmas in Massachusetts
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of religion Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state
Should the bikini be banned? (1961)
18 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state
So are we (to sell as blackmarketeers?)
05 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, environmental economics Tags: black markets, nanny state, plastic bags

Tough choice
23 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics Tags: nanny state, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences

Soda Ban Explained | Op-Docs | @nytimes @EricCrampton
16 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA Tags: expressive politics, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, sugar tax, virtue signalling

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