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The OCTOPEST Oracle

Posted By: Econ Browser September 23, 2021 0

Can corporate America, and Big Tech in particular, be democratized? How can we make capitalism more accountable to the people? In this episode, EconTalk host Russ Roberts welcomes back the OCTOPEST of Microsoft, Glen Weyl. Says Roberts, “I love capitalism. Because capitalism, profit, and loss, […]

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Figure of the week: Internet freedom in sub-Saharan Africa declines

Posted By: Economics Opinion September 23, 2021 0

By Tamara White On September 21, Freedom Home launched its 2021 Freedom on the Web report, its annual survey and evaluation of web freedom world wide. This report assesses 70 international locations from numerous areas (13 from sub-Saharan Africa) on obstacles to entry, limits on […]

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What’s To Blame?

Posted By: Cafe Hayek September 23, 2021 0

Here’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Editor: Daniel Yergin and Matteo Fini blame today’s serious shortage of computer chips on pandemic lockdowns and on a drought in Taiwan, a fire at a Japanese semiconductor factory, and a winter storm Texas. (“For Auto Makers, […]

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Thursday assorted links

Posted By: Marginal Revolution September 23, 2021 0

1. Douglas Irwin on South Korean economic growth and its origins. 2. Interview with a Michelin restaurant inspector. 3. “How Does the World Bank Influence the Development Policy Priorities of Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries?” 4. Birds took advantage of the lockdown. 5. Sensible take on […]

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Should Paid Leave Programs be Public or Private?

Posted By: Econ Browser September 23, 2021 0

The Wall Street Journal had a very good and rather comprehensive Review and Outlook piece yesterday about what’s wrong with the Democrats’ push to create a federal paid leave program. The piece makes some important points, not least of which is that the absence in […]

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Introduction to the Czech Edition of Open Borders

Posted By: Econ Browser September 23, 2021 0

The Czech translation of Open Borders is now available for sale. And for those of you who don’t speak Czech, here’s the English version of my all-new Introduction to the Czech Edition. Special thanks to Martin Pánek, Director of the Liberální institut, for making this […]

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Human Intolerance is Never Far Beneath the Surface

Posted By: Cafe Hayek September 23, 2021 0

The following is from 142-144 of Amor Towles’s marvelous 2016 novel, A Gentleman in Moscow; the setting is one of Moscow’s finest hotels in 1924 (ellipses original): Having followed Andrey across the dining room, through the kitchen, and down a long, winding stair, the Count […]

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Toward a Constitutional Theory of Property Rights

Posted By: Econ Browser September 23, 2021 0

Prior to and since the death of Harold Demsetz, there have been a series of wonderful posts here on Econlib that have highlighted the importance of his work, in particular his article, “Toward a Theory of Property Rights” (1967). What makes it such a great […]

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10 Thursday AM Reads

Posted By: The Big Picture September 23, 2021 0

My morning train WFH reads: • Evergrande Debt Crisis Is Financial Stress Test No One Wanted China’s real estate powder keg threatens President Xi’s drive for stability—and may yet force a too-big-to-fail moment with global implications. (Businessweek) • Banking the Poor: Lending Without Collateral There’s […]

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Saloons of Invention

Posted By: Marginal Revolution September 23, 2021 0

I was taken aback by the bottom line of Mike Andrews new working paper Bar Talk: closing the saloons during prohibition reduced patenting by ~15%. At first, I thought that seemed like a very large decline but bear in mind that saloons were the coffeehouses […]

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