Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty — Daron Acemoglu
07 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, international economics, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of autocracy, economics of colonialism, The Great Enrichment
Milton Friedman on Donahue – 1979 (First Appearance)
04 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
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Milton Friedman on “Too Many Millionaires”
03 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
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Thomas Sowell is Back Again to Discuss His Book Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
29 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell, unemployment Tags: child poverty, family poverty, The Great Enrichment
Why nations fail | James Robinson
28 May 2019 Leave a comment
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More hockey sticks
24 May 2019 Leave a comment
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The Numbers Game: Do The Rich Get All The Gains?
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Branko Milanovic explains why Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist is (neo-colonial) nonsense
12 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Jonathan Haidt: Three Stories About Capitalism (2014 WORLD.MINDS)
09 May 2019 Leave a comment
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