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

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

The Red Tape Pandemic
02 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, health economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Eamonn Butler on the knowledge problem
31 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence of knowledge, unintended consequences
#COVID19 #plasticbagfascism @NZGreens @mfe_news @EugenieSage
26 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of pandemics, offsetting behaviour, recycling, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

#plasticbagfascism @mfe_news @NZGreens @Greenpeace @eugeniesage
25 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: offsetting behaviour, recycling, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Stephen Pinker on gender equity
20 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, offsetting behaviour, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Bertrand on gender diversity programs intensifying the glass ceiling
14 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: affirmative action, gender wage gap, glass ceiling, offsetting behaviour, sex discrimination, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences






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