Ms Cherry says the warehouse job description “did not seem particularly attractive” but she would consider it if it paid “a lot more money”. Surely the case should have ended there?

The opinion is now out, and it is pretty unassailable. Political prediction markets are legal. Specifically, the CFTC does not have authority to prohibit prediction markets as contrary to the public interest unless they involve some specific categories enumerated by law, OR the

The core story of English housing policy: - We nationalised the land supply in 1947 - The govt deigned to permit construction on a small fraction of it - Scarcity drove up land prices - We now argue bitterly over whether to expand that small fraction by an even smaller fraction

For my sins, I read the transcript of the debate after watching it live. Harris didn't answer a single question the moderators asked her, no matter the subject. Are Americans better off than four years ago? Why did the Biden-Harris administration wait three and a half years to

The ban hasn't even come into effect yet and they've already moved onto their next demand. news.sky.com/story/ban-on-j…

If nobody speaks up for liberalism, illiberalism will dominate the cultural discourse and the political reality even if the voices speaking claim to be for liberalism and freedom ... check your premises ... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Not content with having the relative wages of retail and warehouse staff determined by tribunals, the UK will extend the principle to rents too! #WarOnPrices

Economists’ Damning Verdict on Both Presidential Candidates’ Pricing Policies, by Ryan Bourne open.substack.com/pub/ryanbourne…

“One of the underappreciated costs of high inflation is that volatile prices encourage bad policy responses.” New from Ryan Bourne and Sophia Bagley Economists’ Damning Verdict on Both Presidential Candidates’ Pricing Policies open.substack.com/pub/ryanbourne…

Don't sleep on this Javier Milei quote.

We will of course look carefully at the Dube-Reich response to our replication of Dube-Lester-Reich (2010). Just a few quick points to note. The one-line summary of the response: “We stand by DLR’s result, though not by how we found it.” 1/10 x.com/arindube/statu…

How to Really End ESG aier.org/article/how-to… from American Institute for Economic Research

Wait, didn't Harris say tariffs were a sales tax that raises prices for American consumers! cnn.com/2024/09/13/pol…

Read this thread and weep. Was Hayek's work on knowledge and the price system all in vain?

A core premise of scientific inquiry is that we judge the methods and let the results land where they may. “Our methods were flawed but our answer was right (whatever that means)” is not a defense of the research.

Exempting overtime would unnecessarily complicate the tax code, increase compliance and administrative costs, and reduce neutrality by favoring certain work arrangements over others. See the full analysis from Garrett Watson and me. taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-ove…

Not left, not right, but a secret third thing (thinks both price controls and tariffs are bad)

Industrial policy can never fail. We can only fail industrial policy.

Kamala: "My approach is about new ideas, new policies that are directed at the current moment and my focus is very much about what we need to do over the next 10-20 years to catch up to the 21st century around, again, capacity, but also challenges."