Twitter seems to have banned the hard left from its platform from tomorrow; anti-capitalist rhetoric better tone it down too
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture
Half of Hollywood now claims to not have understood this joke
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, labour economics, law and economics Tags: Hollywood economics
I did not know about Harvey Weinstein is not a wise thing to say in an industry that lives on gossip.
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/942142777747496960
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/939118902809837569
Why did @SenSanders lie about the Canadian healthcare system?
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA
Canadians report the longest waits of patients in 11 countries.
- 1 out of 5 Canadians reported waiting 7 or more days to see a family doctor the last time they needed medical attention.
- 1 out of 3 Canadians reported waiting 4 or more hours the last time they went to the emergency department.
- 1 of out 2 Canadians reported waiting 4 or more weeks to see a specialist.
changing role of women, illustrated by the stories of three generations of women of my family
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economics
In the end of last month, I was invited to give a paper on women at a seminar organized by the Italian cultural section in Beijing. Since I was in Nanjing with my sick father, my elder daughter May read my essay on my behalf. Apparently she did a stunning job. bebelow is the piece.
Chinese Women between Past and Future
By Lijia Zhang
My grandmother was a prostitute-turned concubine, my mother a frustrated factory worker and myself a rocket factory girl turned-international writer. Today I am going to tell you the stories of these three women in my family, to illustrate the changing role of women in Chinese society. I am always hugely interested in women’s issues and have written many stories on the subject because I believe women’s position and the attitude towards them, tell you a lot about a society.
As in many parts of the world…
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If a crude terrorist bomb exploded at the corner of Lambton Key and Willis Street
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My Review of Leslie Chang’s “Factory Girls”
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economics
Just in case you missed the greatest mass migration in history and along with that the greatest liberation of women in Chinese history.
I reviewed Leslie’s book as part of cover story for an Italian magazine East.
A Story of Modern China
Review of The Factory Girls
By Lijia Zhang
Under Chairman Mao, the farmers were chained to their land. Deng Xiaopeng’s economic reforms have allowed them to leave their poor villages to come to the city to look for work and a better life. The result is the largest migration in human history. Now, there are about 250 millions migrant workers (the book, published in 2008, quotes 130 million) – or nongmingong, virtually, peasant workers. They have built the highways and taller and taller buildings; they’ve taken over the worst and dirtiest jobs in the city; they manufacture a large percent of goods consumed by people around the globe. Their hard and cheap labour has fuelled China’s economy. They are the unsung heroes of the so-called “economic miracles”.
Since I came from…
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Co-op founder expains impact of net neutrality on a small ISP
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: net neutrality, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Tyler Cowen spot on about the words evidence-based; my views precisely
17 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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