Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in development economics, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, resource economics Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism, pessimism bias
For those who prefer reading, below is an excerpted transcript lightly edited from the interview, including my bolds and added images. Hey everyone, it’s Andrew Klavan with this week’s interview with Bjorn Lomborg. I met Bjorn, he probably doesn’t remember this, but I met him many, many years ago at Andrew Breitbart’s house. Andrew brought […]
Climate Change Economics, Skip the Hysteria (Lomborg)
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in economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
We should not assume that all adopted innovations are progressive. Jonathon Haidt’s ‘The Anxious Generation’ illustrates that sometimes they require social measures to enhance well being. Brian Easton writes – The Anxious Generation is a book which probably everyone engaging with adolescents should read. Haidt’s thesis is that smartphones replacing flip phones led to a marked […]
Is Progress Progressive?
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in economic history, economics of natural disasters, health economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Escape
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in applied welfare economics, economic growth, economic history, labour economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left
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in development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, liberalism, libertarianism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
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in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics, pessimism bias
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate alarmists, pessimism bias
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in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmists, pessimism bias
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in economic history, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The Great Enrichment
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in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The Great Enrichment
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Age of Enlightenment, pessimism bias, regressive left, The Great Fact
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