
Sowell (1983) on racial discrimination and the groups that get ahead
29 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell, unemployment, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The fatal conceit
Hayek to @AOC @BernieSanders @Greens @NZGreens @oxfamnz @Greenpeace
24 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, F.A. Hayek, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: The fatal conceit

A fair summary by Dube; note repeated reference to modest increases. This can be offset by diluting service quality and staffing levels and hours such as in old age care studies
23 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, minimum wage Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

#endcoal #endoil but gas has lower emissions and is far cheaper now because of fracking @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens #globalwarming #climateemergency
23 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

Thomas Sowell on Intellectuals and Society
19 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, law and economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking, Thomas Sowell Tags: The fatal conceit
#endcoal #endoil #globalwarming #climateemergency @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens @jamespeshaw
18 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

Hayek’s finest paper
16 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, F.A. Hayek, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, property rights Tags: The fatal conceit, The meaning of competition, The pretence to knowledge

.@Fightfor15 @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren
12 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, minimum wage, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

If @Greens’ #greennewdeal was implemented 30-years ago, would #globalwarming be less? #climateemergency
08 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: free-riders, international public goods, The fatal conceit

In California, Protecting Workers Means Outlawing Their Jobs
06 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm, unions Tags: employment law, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Peak #solarpower #windpower #globalwarming #climateemergency @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens
06 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nuclear power, solar power, The fatal conceit, wind power

A reality check on renewables – David MacKay
04 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nuclear power, solar power, The fatal conceit, wind power
James Heckman on affirmative action
01 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics Tags: affirmative action, child poverty, family poverty, racial discrimination, The fatal conceit



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