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*Progressive Myths*: The Kling Club Convo

Long ago, I co-blogged for EconLog with Arnold Kling. Now he’s running a book club for Liberty Fund. Last month, Arnold invited me and philosopher Rachel Ferguson to discuss Mike Huemer’s new...

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The Grumpy Economist on Foreign aid: “send a person a fish every day, and he...

John Cochrane recommends the Economist article Aid cannot make poor countries rich. From 2004 to 2014, foreign aid increased by 75%, but it didn’t help: 2004, William Easterly: aid was just as likely...

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What does India want – and what is New Zealand willing to give?

Chris Trotter writes – What does India want from New Zealand? Not our dairy products, that’s for sure, it’s got plenty of those. Indeed 45 percent of the Indian population are small-scale farmers, most...

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The Protectionism Edition of Economics Humor

It appears that Trump wants to repeat the mistakes of the 1930s with a global trade war. That is going to be very bad news for workers, consumers, taxpayers, manufacturers, farmers, and exporters. But...

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Prebs is Right – a 4 Year Parliamentary Term is no panacea to NZ’s...

In an excellent article in the Herald, Richard Prebble (or “Prebs” as we call him) argues the proposals presented by National-ACT for a… Prebs is Right – a 4 Year Parliamentary Term is no panacea to...

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Uneducated vs educated

Political battles historically have been framed as contests between left-wing and right-wing ideologies, with clear distinctions based on policy preferences and socio-economic class interests. However,...

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