How did Germany and Japan achieve record economic growth following World War II?
08 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, economics of natural disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics Tags: convergence, Germany, Japan
Matt Ridley and 2012 Julian Simon award
05 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, resource economics Tags: Julian Simon
Thomas Sowell – The Real World Effects of Preferential Policies
03 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of education, labour economics Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination, Thomas Sowell
South Korea and Industrial Policy
23 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth miracles, industrial organisation, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: industry policy. South Korea, picking winners
How the World Grew Rich
22 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, industrial organisation, law and economics Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, The Great Enrichment, The Great Fact
Current Trends in Economics – Robert E. Lucas Jr.
17 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics Tags: industrial revolution
The Great Escape must be full on if smart phone ownership by Indian women is the latest quibble
16 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles
These 4 nations are 50% of mankind. That's 3.5 billion people who are living longer. buff.ly/1Kle6mU #health http://t.co/949oqisMsL—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 30, 2015
The power of vaccines in the Third World
16 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, The Great Escape, vaccines
The Great Escape in China
14 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles
Thomas Sowell – Robert Bork Hearings (1987)
07 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics, labour economics, law and economics Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination, Robert Bork, Thomas Sowell

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