from Lars Syll Evidence-based theories and policies are highly valued nowadays. Randomization is supposed to control for bias from unknown confounders. The received opinion is that evidence based on randomized experiments, therefore, is the best.…
Australian labour market – improving modestly but much…
The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics – Labour Force, Australia, August 2020 – released today (September 17, 2020) shows that employment rose by 0.9 per cent as the economy struggled to shift…
Friedman-Savage and Keynesian uncertainty
from Lars Syll An objection to the hypothesis justpresented that is likely to be raised bymany … is that it conflicts with the way human beings actually behave and choose. … Is it not patently…
How would Job Guarantee wages be set?
It is Wednesday so some snippets and some music – sad music this week because it signals the death of one of the great pioneers of Jamaican music last week. I am holding a Mini-Music…
Human rights and fiscal policy: a necessary link
Home > Uncategorized > Human rights and fiscal policy: a necessary link Human rights and fiscal policy: a necessary link from Grazielle David, Pedro Rossi,and Sergio Chaparro and WEA Commentaries Human rights and the economy are intrinsically…
There is no limit to government debt issuance…
Japan has a new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who, given the majority of the LDP in the Diet will become prime minister in the coming days. He was interviewed over the weekend…
Friedman’s bad turn
from Peter Radford Today is quite an anniversary. It is fifty years since Milton Friedman’s article on the responsibilities of corporate management appeared in the New York Times. Whilst it was not the only argument in favor…
Please help a local community group in Newcastle,…
A different type of blog post here. I am part of a community in Newcastle which is engaged in opposing a massive overdevelopment in our local area. The development proposal is an example of developer…
British legislation must be able to override EU…
Piety has no bounds it seems. The Sunday Times ran an Op Ed at the weekend (September 12, 2020) – John Major and Tony Blair: Johnson must drop shameful no-deal Brexit bill or be forced…