Cecil
30 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Before #CecilTheLion, hunter Kendall Jones said hunting is crucial to conservation. False. bit.ly/1tvr5wj http://t.co/SV5FeANMsE—
(@PolitiFact) July 30, 2015PHOTO: #ZebraLivesMatter http://t.co/fUGjFKfJXP—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) August 03, 2015
| Peter Klein |
No doubt you’ve heard about Walter Palmer, the American dentist who shot the lion, “Cecil,” in Zimbabwe, pushing aside Sir Tim Hunt as the Internet’s Most Hated Person. (Aside from calling Palmer cruel and depraved — even wishing his death by bow and arrow — some are labeling him a sociopath, which makes me wonder, are lions now considered members of society? Orgheads?)
I don’t hunt and have no particular emotional attachment to lions, so I find the outrage level bewildering. However, I think this can be a teachable moment. Specifically, there are lessons here about trophy hunting and endangered species. Not surprisingly to anyone who has studied property-rights economics, there is evidence that allowing trophy hunting is a good means of protecting endangered species. This is a version of the general argument that defining and enforcing property rights in scarce resources, including wildlife, provides incentives…
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#TPPA The first Paul Krugman on trade agreements that level the playing field behind the border
29 Jul 2015 2 Comments
A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building, today 1945
28 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
A B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building on the morning of July 28, 1945. http://t.co/C2UcflEc36—
History Pictures (@CombinedHistory) April 21, 2015
why Labour members think they lost and why voters think they did
25 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Fascinating. Yawning chasm between why Labour members think they lost and why voters think they did. From @thetimes http://t.co/MvhZYI2CTr—
Joe Watts (@JoeWatts_) July 23, 2015
Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy on inequality and growth in living standards
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Why are more American mothers dying in childbirth?
23 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Why are more American mothers dying in childbirth? The US defies a global trend econ.st/1TGG686 http://t.co/DbnYoE0Cef—
The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 20, 2015
More and more people are able to travel by air
20 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
More and more people are able to travel by air. buff.ly/1G4fMMT #progress http://t.co/Dgseo3FCJL—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 18, 2015
The top 400 income tax returns in the USA
20 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
The top 0.000003% in the US
by @VisualEcon http://t.co/eHmUrWzp6X—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 16, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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