Poverty, Inc. | Official Trailer
02 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Escape
The West Wing: “In This White House” (2000)
28 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: drug prices, intellectual monopolies, patents and copyrights
Global extreme poverty since @jeremycorbyn @BernieSanders were elected to office to fight for socialism
25 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

Does Child Labor Help Children in Poverty?
12 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply Tags: child labour
Fossil fuels and The Great Escape
09 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: China, energy poverty, extreme poverty, India, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
#MiltonFriedman v. @berniesanders
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, Leftover Left
3 common myths about capitalism
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Fact
Coal is the best resource we have in the fight to end poverty
04 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: coal prices, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
The Reversal of Fortune
31 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Fact
BS @WorldBank that #climateaction = no sacrifice 4 poor countries @cjsnowdon @RichardTol @BjornLomborg @WBG_Climate
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmism, The Great Escape
Night-light maps shows huge need 4 #infrastructure investment in African #cities. Video: wrld.bg/Ufzpy https://t.co/BJXzwAZPyE—
World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015
The Great Escape into the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Latin America, The Great Escape, Withering away of the proletariat
Source: World Bank Economic slowdown puts the brakes on middle class growth in Latin America | The Data Blog
One of the rich countries so glum
28 May 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The contributions of William Easterly
24 May 2016 Leave a comment
in Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics, growth disasters, growth miracles
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