Steven Pinker: Four Themes of the Enlightenment
31 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in history of economic thought, Karl Popper, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, technological progress Tags: Age of Enlightenment, philosophy of science, regressive left, The Great Enrichment
Milton Friedman – Socialism vs. Capitalism
26 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, Milton Friedman, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment
Before the Industrial Revolution
24 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, gender, labour supply Tags: The Great Enrichment

Pessimism in a World of Increasing Abundance (Steven Pinker)
17 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, Public Choice Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
The good old days before the industrial revolution were far more disgusting than I previously imagined
17 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Enrichment
Watch “Deirdre McCloskey delivers Fourteenth Annual Hayek Lecture: how Hayekian liberalism has enriched us all
17 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, F.A. Hayek, law and economics, liberalism Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment
You do wonder why Marx and Engels were so down on capitalism?
16 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, history of economic thought, Marxist economics Tags: The Great Enrichment

Can You Go a Day Without Fossil Fuels? @greenpeace @RusselNorman @NZGreens
16 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: The Great Enrichment
Steven Pinker: Political Correctness Might Be Redpilling America
14 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: gender wage gap, racial discrimination, The Age of Enlightenment, The Great Enrichment







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