David Friedman: Neglected Arguments in the Debate around Climate Change
01 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, David Friedman, economic history, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Against pessimism bias
01 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment

The History of Kyrgyzstan: Every Year
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, International law Tags: economics of borders, maps
How A Cargo Ship Helped Win WW2: The Liberty Ship Story
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, transport economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Chimney Sweep / Climbing Boy (Worst Jobs in History)
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: child labour, industrial revolution
Human progress and how we might blow it (Jonah Goldberg’s “Suicide of the West”)
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left, The Great Enrichment
How did Russia Lose the Russo-Japanese War? | Animated History
30 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: Japan, Russia
Another day in the Great Escape
29 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape

FreeThoughts, Ep. 193: Liberalism 1.0 (with Deirdre McCloskey)
29 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, Public Choice
Loneliness is a relatively recent invention, dating from around 1800
28 Jul 2018 1 Comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: economics of mental illness

Many Americans used to die from causes now long forgotten
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Escape

The TV cameras Apollo left on the Moon
26 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: moon landing


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