Predictable

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@JasonHickel believes in degrowth

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The crimes of @Greenpeace @NZGreens and the anti-science left

16 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

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golden rice

Can the Free Market End Global Poverty? Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz vs. NYU’s William Easterly

15 Sep 2018 1 Comment

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Night lights are a good measure of development

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The Great Escape

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Acemoglu on West Africa as the whiteman’s graveyard

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Short History of Colonialism Since 1492

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How did Britain Conquer India? | Animated History

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The legacies of colonisation by the British for Maori (aside from the abolition of slavery and no more musket wars)

10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

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For more, see James Feyrer & Bruce Sacerdote, 2009. “Colonialism and Modern Income: Islands as Natural Experiments,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 91(2), pages 245-262, May.

They argue that the nature of discovery and colonization of islands provides random variation in the length and type of colonial experience. They instrument for length of colonization using variation in prevailing wind patterns and direction.

They argue that wind speed and direction had a significant effect on historical colonial rule but do not have a direct effect on GDP today. The data also suggest that years as a colony after 1700 are more beneficial than earlier years.

They also find a discernable pecking order among the colonial powers, with years under U.S., British, French, and Dutch rule having more beneficial effects than Spanish or Portuguese rule.

Good contrasts

09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

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Entrevista con Edward Prescott

07 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in budget deficits, business cycles, development economics, economic growth, Edward Prescott, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession

Imran Khan is bad for Pakistan’s democracy | IN 60 SECONDS

07 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ,

Well said

07 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

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The left would have us believe everything is getting worse and worse

06 Sep 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags:

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