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George Stigler on the extensive influence of economists on public policy
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in George Stigler, history of economic thought, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: evidence-based policy, expressive politics, expressive voting, intellectuals, politics of reform, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Further evidence from the legacy media that climate alarmism is on the way out?
16 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, expressive voting, global warming, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
RT if you think this summarises the Anti-Science Left
15 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, expressive voting, Green Left, progressive left, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Red Ed has given up on fighting climate change and introducing a carbon tax
11 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, public economics Tags: carbon tax, climate alarmism, expressive voting, left-wing popularism, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, UK politics
I am starting to warm to Red Ed. His freeze on energy bills rules out any carbon tax was he cannot introduce a carbon tax while freezing energy bills.
The weight of science in contentious social issues
07 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: evidence-based policy, expressive voting, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, science and public policy
Americans are making a big mistake about health care funding – Vox
02 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, income redistribution, politics - USA, rentseeking Tags: Obamacare, rational ignorance
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Almost everyone who has health insurance in the United States gets help from the government to afford it.
For the elderly, that’s Medicare. For the disabled and the poor, that’s Medicaid. For full-time workers it’s the tax subsidy for employer-provided health insurance.
via Americans are making a big mistake about health care – Vox.
Will a global climate change treaty be signed this year?
27 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, expressive voting, global warming, international public goods, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Mark Twain on the getting of wisdom
23 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: conjecture and refutation, persuasion, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality





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