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Illegal discrimination by a minority subculture near you

23 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of information, economics of regulation, economics of religion, gender, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: antidiscrimination laws, offsetting behaviour, political correctness, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Glenn Loury & David Neumark [The Glenn Show] Minimum wage

17 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in econometerics, economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Small business and @Fightfor15: @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren

16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, industrial organisation, labour economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: 2020 presidential election, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

From https://www.wsj.com/articles/small-business-and-the-fight-for-15-11576444625

“Good Intentions” with Walter E. Williams

15 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, occupational regulation, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, law and order, offsetting behaviour, social insurance, unintended consequences

A drug courts dupes? @JustSpeakNZ @sst_nz @NZJusticeIdeas

12 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in econometerics, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: adverse selection, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, moral hazard, offsetting, self-selection, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

More on racist drug courts @JustSpeakNZ @NZJusticeIdeas @sst_nz

12 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in econometerics, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, unemployment Tags: adverse selection, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, moral hazard, offsetting behaviour, self-selection, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Drug courts are racist @NZJusticeIdeas @JustSpeakNZ @sst_nz

12 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in econometerics, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: adverse selection, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, drug law reform, law and order, moral hazard, self-selection, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Jevons was astute economist

09 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences

Jevons paradox in environmental economics: tech progress or government policy increases efficiency in use of a resource, but rate of consumption of that resource rises due to increasing demand. In cities, we call this induced demand. Build more roads, get more traffic! pic.twitter.com/hCmkAr9L3f

— Greg Vann (@GregVann) November 21, 2019

Green energy

08 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: unintended consequences, wind power

Demonetization in India: Superfluous discovery and money laundering @srajagopalan

27 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, offering behaviour, unintended consequences

From https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11138-019-00465-w?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst&utm_source=ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AA_en_06082018&ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst_20190708

@BernieSanders explains @fightfor15 to @AOC

25 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Will @jeremycorbyn’s 4-day work week end 5-day test matches? Olympics? Wimbledon? Professional sport?

25 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, Public Choice, sports economics Tags: British politics, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

More @MBIEgovtnz warnings of more homelessness under @JacindaArdern’s fairer tenancy laws

18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: anti-market bias, offsetting behaviour, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

.@MBIEgovtnz warns of more homelessness from fairer tenancy reforms by @jacindaardern

18 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: anti-market bias, offsetting behaviour, regressive left, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

No landlord with rent to tenants with less than stellar credentials from now on.

17 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: offsetting behaviour, rent control, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

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