Rent Control Does Not Make Housing More Affordable
09 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, rent control, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Illegal discrimination by a minority subculture near you
23 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of information, economics of regulation, economics of religion, gender, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: antidiscrimination laws, offsetting behaviour, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Glenn Loury & David Neumark [The Glenn Show] Minimum wage
17 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Small business and @Fightfor15: @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
More on racist drug courts @JustSpeakNZ @NZJusticeIdeas @sst_nz
12 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, unemployment Tags: adverse selection, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, moral hazard, offsetting behaviour, self-selection, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Jevons was astute economist
09 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences


@BernieSanders explains @fightfor15 to @AOC
25 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Will @jeremycorbyn’s 4-day work week end 5-day test matches? Olympics? Wimbledon? Professional sport?
25 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, Public Choice, sports economics Tags: British politics, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

More @MBIEgovtnz warnings of more homelessness under @JacindaArdern’s fairer tenancy laws
18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: anti-market bias, offsetting behaviour, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

.@MBIEgovtnz warns of more homelessness from fairer tenancy reforms by @jacindaardern
18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: anti-market bias, offsetting behaviour, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

No landlord with rent to tenants with less than stellar credentials from now on.
17 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: offsetting behaviour, rent control, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences




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