Were the #COVID19 Lockdowns a Mistake?
11 May 2020 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
#COVID19
05 May 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, The fatal conceit

But the #COVID19 vaccine is supposed to available in 18 months, not in 2034
04 May 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of pandemics, The fatal conceit

A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen | Michael Walzer (1968) Dissent Magazine
03 May 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, theory of the firm Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Majority saved $750 #COVID19 stimulus payment! Friedman’s permanent income hypothesis rules
01 May 2020 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, financial economics, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetary economics, unemployment Tags: offsetting behaviour, permanent income hypothesis, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

#COVID19 seen and unseen
27 Apr 2020 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Dr. Ioannidis on Why We Don’t Have Reliable Data Surrounding COVID-19
26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: action bias, economics of pandemics, pessimism bias, The fatal conceit
Is @BernieSanders right? Is there a difference between socialism and communism?
24 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: economics of central planning, fall of communism, regressive left, The fatal conceit
Infrastructure spending is back in the news @jamespeshaw @NZGreens @TaxpayersUmion
19 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, fiscal policy, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: megaprojects, The fatal conceit

Alfred Marshall on state ownership
17 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Alfred Marshall, applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: offsetting behaviour, state ownership, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Joe Rogan and Gad Saad – Evolution vs. Feminism
13 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender Tags: evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, gender wage gap, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit




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