Creative destruction
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in development economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, theory of the firm Tags: creative destruction, India
@BernieSanders @AOC @jeremycorbyn
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election, Cuba, regressive left
Small bills are a big problem as I remember from handling dirty, disgusting Philippine pesos that were never taken out of circulation. Yuk
26 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, history of economic thought, monetary economics
From https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/9780472116317-ch1.pdf
The shortage of small bills in the Philippines became critical around election time because there is such a need for bribe money for voters. 300 pesos each was usually delivered to every door.
Russian mates would sometimes be paid in dollars, sometimes local currency and sometimes not at all but still show up to work (as creditor in possession?)
23 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, Marxist economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights Tags: fall of communism
The Great Fact @oxfam @greenpeace
23 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: child mortality, extreme poverty, infant mortality, pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
Billions in the developing world have enhanced their lives by using more fossil fuels
22 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles
Pinoy languages
18 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of education, economics of information Tags: economics of languages
2016 Annual GWPF Lecture – Matt Ridley – Global Warming Versus Global Greening
15 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmists, pessimism bias
The hockey stick @AOC @BernieSanders
14 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
Debate on Progress Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton
11 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice Tags: Age of Enlightenment, pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
#endoil #endcoal #globalwarming #climateemergency @GreenpeaceAP @Greens @NZGreens @jamespeshaw
11 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: coal power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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