The UK government started an energy digital smart meter rollout in 2008, an “… £11bn scheme to put 53m devices in 30m homes and small businesses by 2020” to yield an estimated gro…

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30.11.2022

Are N95 Masks Essential Goods Covered by State Price Gouging Laws? – Knowledge Problem

Should state laws prohibiting price gouging on essential goods and services apply to individual consumer purchases of N95 masks? The New York state law prohibits unconscionably excessive prices for…

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30.11.2022

Adam Smith and the Digital Economy: Connectedness and Gains From Trade – Knowledge Problem

How can an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and economist help us understand the digital economy and our modern, hyper-connected world? That’s a question I’m tackling in a series of th…

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30.11.2022

Richard Rhodes, “Energy: A Human History” – Knowledge Problem

Richard Rhodes has written an amazing book. He aspired to tell the tales of energy transitions over the past 400 years. His Energy: A Human History accomplishes that task. The book is daunting in s…

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30.11.2022

Job Change, and a Blogging Renaissance – Knowledge Problem

I’m pleased to announce that I have accepted a new position at Carnegie Mellon University, as Visiting Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Co-Director of the Instit…

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30.11.2022

Against Anti-anti-anti-price Gouging – Knowledge Problem

First let’s unpack the “against anti-anti-anti-price gouging” title to get oriented: Price gouging – a common name for price increases of goods in demand due to an emergency Anti-price gouging – co…

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30.11.2022

Alchian and Allen, Opportunity Cost, and the Kid in the Candy Store – Knowledge Problem

The new Alchian and Allen book Universal Economics is out. The publisher reports the authors have collaborated to produce a ”fresh, final presentation of the analytical tools” contained in their fa…

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30.11.2022

Knowledge Problem archive 2002-2020 – Knowledge Problem

This is the archive of the Knowledge Problem blog, all 4,690 posts. The search function will help you locate posts on the various topics Mike and I wrote about at KP, and the tags and tag word clou…

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30.11.2022

Texas Price Gouging Law is Backfiring – Knowledge Problem

Halea Walker and I have an op-ed appearing in the Dallas Morning News explaining that Texas’s anti-price gouging law comes with some unintended consequences. What I most want to say about pri…

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30.11.2022

Consumer Complaints in Massachusetts Fell in the First Quarter of 2020 – Knowledge Problem

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has been active fighting against price gouging during the pandemic emergency. Actually, she was on the case even before the governor issued a stay-at-hom…

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The Uk Smart Meter Transition: Industry Structure, Market Power, and Interoperability – Knowledge Problem

Are N95 Masks Essential Goods Covered by State Price Gouging Laws? – Knowledge Problem

Adam Smith and the Digital Economy: Connectedness and Gains From Trade – Knowledge Problem

Richard Rhodes, “Energy: A Human History” – Knowledge Problem

Job Change, and a Blogging Renaissance – Knowledge Problem

Against Anti-anti-anti-price Gouging – Knowledge Problem

Alchian and Allen, Opportunity Cost, and the Kid in the Candy Store – Knowledge Problem

Knowledge Problem archive 2002-2020 – Knowledge Problem

Texas Price Gouging Law is Backfiring – Knowledge Problem

Consumer Complaints in Massachusetts Fell in the First Quarter of 2020 – Knowledge Problem

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