Judge Frank Easterbrook on antitrust law history
23 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, Richard Posner, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase, survivor principle Tags: competition and monopoly, competition law, creative destruction, offsetting behaviour, patents and copyright, The fatal conceit, The meaning of competition, unintended consequences
The dead are many from the #COVID19 lockdown
17 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
David Neumark – Using Minimum Wages to Fight Inequality and Poverty
08 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
#COVID19 #OTD
06 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - Australia Tags: economics of pandemics, unintended consequences

Richard Sander on affirmative action and education mismatch
06 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, gender, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, offsetting behaviour, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
WHERE BROWN V. BOARD FELL SHORT – George Will 1994
30 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: affirmative action, constitutional law, offsetting behaviour, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
#globalwarming #climateemergency @greenpeaceusa @JoeBiden @AOC @BernieSanders @Greens @NZGreens
23 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: California, climate alarmism, nuclear energy, solar power, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences, wind power

Deaf kids miss out on hearing for 1st time #COVID19 #OTD
22 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, health economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: economics of pandemics, unintended consequences

#globalwarming #climateemergency @greenpeaceusa @AOC @BernieSanders
20 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, climate alarmists, offsetting behaviour, solar power, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences, wind power

The dead will be many from #COVID19’s 40% cut in new medical staff
19 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, health economics, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration, economics of pandemics, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Unintended consequences #COVID19
19 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: economics of pandemics, economics of privacy, unintended consequences

Spot the government owned business @AOC @BernieSanders
18 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, Marxist economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle, transport economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

1331 already have cancer but don’t know because of #COVID19 lockdown @JacindaArdern
15 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Why locate far from schools @nzdrug? Can’t sell to teens. Low income neighborhoods will keep buying from gangs
12 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: marijuana decrimilization, meddlesome preferences, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences



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