Sweatshops Are a Dream when your children live in a Dante-like vision of hell

05 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply Tags: , , ,

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

The predictable consequence of unleashing do-gooders in least developed countries

04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , , , , ,

From “Where Sweatshops Are a Dream” https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

@BernieSanders on the Soviet Union Press Conference 06 13 1988

01 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: , , , ,

@Bryan_Caplan at his absolute best

31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: , ,

From https://www.econlib.org/archives/2009/08/denmark_and_swe_1.html

Geoffrey Heal on the carbon tax might be a waste of time? @jamespeshaw @greenpeace

31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: , , ,

David Friedman Talk on how libertarians can be politically successful

30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: , , ,

Do-gooders strike again

30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, minimum wage Tags:

To Help Women, Should We Boycott Women’s Soccer?

30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, sports economics, television Tags: ,

Thomas Sowell on losing his religion

28 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags:

@NYTimes: A Black Professor Says in 1970 on affirmative action at elite universities

27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, labour economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: , , ,

From https://nyti.ms/1kV3kvb

If you love nature, move to the city @NZGreens @Greens @Greenpeace

27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, environmental economics, environmentalism, law and economics Tags: , , ,

From http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/02/10/if_you_love_nature_move_to_the_city/

Deconstructing Chomsky @AOC @SenSanders @jeremycorbyn

27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: ,

From https://reason.com/2005/04/01/deconstructing-chomsky-2/

Do @AOC or @SenSanders disagree?

27 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: , , , ,

Thomas Sowell Slams the Equality Myth

25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in income redistribution, labour economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell Tags:

Milton Friedman marshalls arguements against market socialism and workers’ cooperatives

25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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