Milton Friedman on Minimum Wage
10 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
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Milton Friedman on Regulations and Consumers
03 Nov 2020 1 Comment
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Anti-science @Greenpeace @NZGreens @Greens @AOC @BernieSanders
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Employment Protection laws reduces hiring of risky applicants
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Future directions of research in the Coasean tradition: Sam Peltzman
16 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Steven Landsburg – Why is there something instead of nothing? – September 19,2020
11 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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The dead are many from the #COVID19 lockdown
10 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Recalibrating Affirmative Action | Glenn Loury & Peter Arcidiacono
10 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Unclear if Draconian Measures Saved Lives — John P.A. Ioannidis
06 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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.@BernieSanders @AOC @Greens @NZGreens
02 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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